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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-07-10
Wilson Golf Bag. & Balls

Balls -------------------50c, Csc
Clubs-Pinehurst, Tom Bendelow,
and Carnoustic give you a nice var
iety in prices from SITS to $3.50
Drivers, Brassies, Mid Irons,
Cheeks, Washes, Nibhcs, Putters
in stock. Bags for every one
--------------$1.75 tn $500
Tees, Ball Enamel, Grip Fast,
Wax, ETC., in stock.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-07-10

TAKEN UP-At my home, Sec. 10.
Willis township, bay mare, one year
old, white strip in face, one white
{ hind foot. One bay horse, one year
old, star in face. both hind feet
white. Tails cut square and names
clipped. NJ. Il. Putney, Sawyer, n.
D.. r. D. I. 7-s-tScg
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-07-10

FOR SALE Relinquisnment 240 acre
homestead. Fort Peck Reservation,
Montana. Best quality land, virgin
prairie. Government appraisa
1900 per acre. A. B. Dill, Minot
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-07-10

WANTED TO BUY-Cattle and hogs
at all times. s. N. Yoder, Surrey,
N. D., Phone Rural 1O81O. 6-19-t5*
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-07-10

TAKEN UP-One aged grey mare,
lame in front feet. One sorrel mare
about 10 years old, both hind feet
white and right front foot white.
One grey 2-year-od stallion. j. C.
Botto Des Laos, N. D. 6-26-t3cg
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-07-10

TAKEN UP-At my place, Sec. II,
1896, one bay mare, 4 years old,
( weight 100, star in forehead. Own
,er prove property and pay charges.
{H. D. Davy, Des Laos, N. D. 7-3-t3cg
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-07-10

FOR SALE One large size Nelson
tractor in Al condition and can be
seen working in the field. Can be
bought either with or without plows
Inquire George A. State, Minot, N.
d. 6-26-t
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TENT WANTED We desire to pur-
chase good large tent. suitable
tor holding large congregation
Size 40x50 preferred. Fred Sorg
Norwich. @ 6-26-tSa
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-07-10

Penslar Remedies are
Guaranteed
TRY THEM
Penslar Blackberry Balsam--25c
Penslar Beef Iron and Wine--$1.0O
Penslar Milk and Magnesia Csc, Soc
Penslar Liver Lotion------25c, Soc
Penslar Pile Remedy, Penslar
Regular Tablets and many ether
Penslar Remedies. Ask US. For
mula is in the bottle.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-07-10

WANTED Cook or married couple
N to work on farm for young bach
elor. State wages wanted. Herman
Lorenz, Granville, N. D. 6-26-t+
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-07-10

Conron Roller Skates
Will outwear pair Of shoes.
Tell Dad that a pair of Conron
Roller Skates will save twice their
cost in shoe leather and shoes have
doubled in price. Conron Roller
Skates with rubber cushion self
contained ball bearing wheels
-------------------$2.9O, $500
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-07-10

FOR SALE-One II h. p. portable gaso-
line engine. Fairmount make, in drst
class shape, Bargain If taken at once.
Ainot Shoe Hospital. S.2e.t1
The mirror., 1919-12-18
Had its Origin in Venice

Not Rome, but Venice, holds first place
in journalism history. From the latter
city we get most of the nomenclature of
the modern newspaper, says writer in the
Quill. Here news was publicly posted
as in Rome, but to read it cost, it is said,
small coin, gazetta. Not only in
Latin countries, but even in America Ga
zette has been a favorite name for a
newspaper. In the case of the 13 origi-
nal colonies, nine times out of ten the
first newspaper in any one of them was a
Gazette. Often the price paid for news
paper has furnished the name. Examples
may be found in the Cent of Philadelphia
possibly the first penny paper in Ameri-
ca-and the Picayune of New Orleans.
Skeat in his Psychological Dictionary of
the English Language" gives under the
word Gazette" "an abstract of news
issued at Venice; the original sense is
either (1) a magpie, from Italian "gazet-
ta," whence it may have meant title
tattle; or (2) very small coin perhaps
paid for the privilege of reading the news,
from Italian gazette" coin less than a
farthing. The reader may choose. Since
the distinguished professor of Anglo-Saxon
at the University of Cambridge was not
quite sure about the deviation and Of
fered choice to his readers, it is barely
possible that the two uses of the Italian
"gazetta" gave the Latin news sheets their
name.
The mirror., 1919-12-18
Decorations of War for Valor
Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
bears in gold the words, "For Distinguished
Service" There is bronze eagle in the
center. The medal hangs from red, white
and blue ribbon of a curious pattern, the
white strip predominating.
There are two medals awarded by Con-
gress-one to the soldiers and another type
to the sailors. They are given for gallant
ry in action and we're adopted by that body
in 1905.
The one for the Army consists of five
pointed star of rose gold finish. On the
medallion in the center is the head of Min
erva, in bold relief, surrounded by band
bearing the inscription s'United States of
America" Upon each point of the star,
which is encircled by green enamel wreath,
is an oak leaf. Surmounting the whole
is an eagle resting on a bar bearing the
words "For Valor.'' The decoration is
hung from blue silk watered ribbon upon
which there are thirteen white stars.
The Congressional Medal of Honor for
the Navy is bronze five pointed star with
medallion in the center of Justice helping
the fallen. 1t is hung by bronze anchor
attached to bow of watered blue ribbon
decorated with stars.
The name of the recipient of the medal is
engraved upon the reverse side of each of
the medals. They are given to both officers
and privates.
The mirror., 1919-12-18

affection at that, but the novelist never
forgot it. 1t is fact that she is the her
oine of at least one Dickens novel;"
The original of Dora Spenlow in
"David Copperfeld" was latter love of
Dickens, and one which was unhappy for
him. The lady, early in the acquaintance,
encouraged his affections, but her par
ents objected on the score of the position
he then held in life, and she inclined to
their view.
She went away to Paris to study art,
and completely forgot the unhappy lover.
Later, when Dickens had attained fame
as a novelist she wrote to him, and after
a time there was meeting.
But the lady whom the novelist had
known and loved had changed. Charles
Dickens, at all times a sentimentalist, was
prepared to find her grown old with him,
but he did not anticipate the change in
her character. And thus the attempt at
reconciliation failed of its purpose.
The mirror., 1919-12-18
The Girl of Girls

When the war god reached out his talons
And showed me the way to the fray,
My sweethearts shed tears by the gallons
There was weeping and gnashing that day.
Don't blame them for crying like babies:
I'm surprised they recovered at all,
Cause sure made hit with the ladies,
lust one look at me and they'd fall.
Take Evelyn or Peggy or Jennie
They surely were there with the looks,
And I've never regretted penny
1 blew in on flowers and books.
And Mildred-that kid was thriller,
A complexion like peaches and cream;
She was sweeter than Marilynn Miller,
And Phyllis-oh, boy, what dream!
And now that I'm over the ocean,
remember them each by their smile;
But there's one who gets all my devotion,
And I'm thinking of her all the while.
When my clothes need mending and scrub
bing,
And only one sock can find,
And my knuckles are swollen with rubbing
Why, girlies, you're far from my mind
My thoughts are for one who is dearer
Than Phyllis or Peggy or Mae;
Each day that I'm gone she seems nearer
And she's feeble, but smiling ard gay.
|-Hosoard Il. Henry, Corp, 1st Army Hg
The mirror., 1919-12-18
Why Seal Hunters Wear
Black

No mammal that is known has eye
sight which at all compares with that
of a man. A wolf can see you under
favorable conditions a little more than
half mile away; a caribou at a little
more than a quarter of mile, and a
seal commonly at about 800 yards, if
you are standing up, or $50 to 200 yards
if you are lying down. You can walk
unconcernedly toward seal until less
than 400 yards away, after which you
begin careful approach You crawl
ahead on all fours while he sleeps and
you lie fiat and motionless while he is
awake. 1t might seem that something
could be gained by wearing white cloth
ing, to match the snow, but this is the
reverse of wisdom, for the seals one
enemy that he fears is a polar bear, and
the polar bear is white. If seal sees
anything that is suspicious and white he
takes discretion to be the better part of
valor and dives promptly into his hole.
If the suspicious object is black he as
sumes that it is probably another seal
that has come out of another hole to bask
in the sun. 1t is therefore the task of the
hunter to simulate seal.-Ex.
The mirror., 1919-12-18
City's Pride Well Founded

Alexandria, Va, is thriving little
southern city with a historic background.
The city can never decide of which it
should be proudest-its prosperous present
or its historic past. AS rule it divides
its pride equally between them. Several
times it has been given an opportunity to
become part of the District of Columbia
and proudly refused.
Alexandrians will show you with equal
pride their busy shipyards and harbor
and then escort you to one of their ancient
landmarks, such as Christ church or the
Carlyle house. Christ church is sacred to
the memory of the south's two greatest
heroes, Washington and Lee. The Wash
ington and Lee pews in the church are
side by side, their names marked by silver
plates. Twin mural tablets on the church's
walls are inscribed to their memory. The
chancel rail is the one before which they
knelt the tablets of the Lords prayer and
Apostles Greed were there in Washing
toms time. In the vestry room relics of
the heroes are preserved-the record of
their purchase of their pews, the Bible
and the long handled purse used in
Washington,s time for the offerings.
The congress of Alexandria met in the
old Carlyle house, over twenty years be-
fore the battle of Lexington was fought.
1t was the first protest against taxation
without representation" held in Virginia,
it was in this same old mansion that the
Bradock expedition was decided upon.
Washington was frequent visitor to the
house. His diary has often the words
Lodged at Col. Carlyle's."-Ex.
The mirror., 1919-12-18
Motion Picture Show

We were treated to an unusual choice
morsel of dramatic art Wednesday, Dec.
10, as we beheld Mary Pickford, chic,
piquant, intensely pleasing in her role as
"Marget" in "Pride of the Clan,"-a 7
reel Famous Players" production.
The play was exceedingly likeable and
refreshing not alone for the worth of
seeing Marget and Jamie go through with
their delightful interpretations, but of also
appreciating the talent of the cast as a
whole and the wonderful, magnificent set
ting of the harbor view, the coast line,
the placid and rough seas, the majestic
waves as they rolled here and there in
their furious swell against the jagged
rocks, the quaint old bell tower, the
coming of the storm, the rallying of the
inhabitants of the coast village for
prayer and rescue service, Margets dill
lena and distress, the resignation to fate
by the quaint old folks illumined in its
brilliancy of pathos as they prayed as
never before for the safety of Marget, the
parting of the ways, Marget's rescue by
Jamie and then comes the end d-blissful
moments come as the happy sequel to
Marget's troubled state, and we all are
made happy just to see Marget and Jamie
and others made happy.
The music was fine, what there was of
it, but for this occasion it was thrillingly
conspicuous for its absense, the reason be-
ing we presume through delay in receiv-
ing with the film in time for rehearsal to
fit in the parts of the play. Suffice, the
show was eloquent and made up for any
unfortunate lack of music which is as
everything else pOes-unayOidable at
times.
The mirror., 1919-12-18
The Message for a T. w.

Has the drive passed you all these days?
You are the loser then; not they.
Light the coin in your pocket weighs
Compared to the chance that has slipped
away.
Red the Cross in your window burns;
But redder your cheek should burn today
If the dial through the final cycle turns,
And, knowing your debt-you do not
pay.
The coin of Caesar is his no more;
But the ancient image, upon it chased,
With the blood of brothers is crusted DER,
With the tears of mothers the seal erased.
1t profits naught that you hold it fast;
1t buys no blessing for you again,
Save in the day it is freely cast
To buy back life for your fellow men.
Truly you think twill not be missed
In the masses of money so freely tossed.
Hold it fast then-but do not list
For the dead mans blessing that you
have lost.
Red the Cross in your window burns,
And the worthless coin in your palm is
red;
Your chance speeds by you, and ne'er re-
You have kept the coin?-And your soul is
dead. Dean Collins.
The mirror., 1919-12-18
The Singing Fire

The Fires still singing the song you knew
In the nights when the Mother was sing
ing too
Singing the child in her arms to sleep,
Who trembled to hear the witch wine
creep,
Or over the housetops, storming, cry
To the ghostly dark and the starless sky.
"Life is sweet as life is long;
With never sigh or farewell song;
Lite is laughter, and life is play,
And the Dark will dream itself away!''
That's the song the Fire sang to you,
There-where the Mother was singing too.
1t is singing the same old song tonight
To the wintry dreamer, with temple:
white,
After the years, rain dark with tears
After lost dreams of the beautiful years
For the singing Fire has never known
That the listening dreamer dreams alone!
Change, friendly Fire, that singing word,
And let this song in the Dark be heard:
"Life is lonely and tempest tossed,
Too long-too long when Love is lost!''
But the Fire still sings the old loved song:
"Life is sweet, as life is long!''
Frank L. Stanton in atlanta Constitution
The mirror., 1919-12-18
Brave Land Girls

In announcing the disbanding of the
women's land army, the Wages Board
Gazette quotes some examples of the way
in which the distinguished service bar has
been won by women "over there" 1t is
given for acts of courage and unselfsh
devotion in the service of others, and also
for special skill in the course of their en-
ployment. The five examples are as fol-
lows:
Peggy Fisher-A cowman who was
about to chain up bull, which was loose
in the stall, was knocked down by the
animal which promptly proceeded to gore
him. Peggy Fisher rushed in, and, jump
ing the barrier, attacked the bull by kick
ing his nose. The bull backed, and the
man was able to get out. But for Fishers
pluck he would have been seriously in
jured, and probably killed.
Lily Harrison-When a new recruit
and quite unused to horses, rescued young
pony that was being viciously attacked
and bitten by a "hunter." The fore
man did not think it was safe to go near
but Harrison managed to separate the
animals.
F. E. Henley-A frightened cow was
STRANDED OH d Shall piece OF Qry lanQ III
the middle of swift and wide river, un-
able to reach either bank on account OF
the soft mud surrounding her. Henley
swan across the river, roped the cow in
mid stream, and drove it before her to
the bank.
Jess Bar Saved a number of pigs
from drowning. They had run on to a
pond which was covered with thin layer
of ice, and they all went into the water,
Bar climed tree overhanging the pond
and, supporting herself from one of the
boughs, pulled the pigs out by their tails
K. Botting fellow land girl
who was being attacked by boar. A,
great personal risk she held the boar down
with her pitchfork while the other girl
escaped.
The mirror., 1919-12-18
Wrong in Their Prediction

One hundred years ago Sir John
Ross navigated his ship through Mel
vile bay and arrived at the edge of the
ice field attached to the shores. To his
amazement black dots were seen rapidly
approaching over the vast expanse of ice.
What could they be? Eskimos and their
dog teams! The most nothern people in
the world. Eagerly they examined the
big ship and in detail everything con-
nected with it.
Donald B. Macmillan, artic explorer,
in recalling this bit of meager history con-
cerning the far North, relates that through
an interpreter the Eskimos asked Sir John
where he came from.
"From the SOUTH" he-'told them.
"That is impossible" they said. "No
one could live down there. All our ice
goes off in that direction. 1t must be
now filled up with ice"
Doctor Kane in 1883, and Doctor
Hayes, in 1861, found but small popu-
lation, and stated that in few years
undoubtedly the race would vanish.
There are more there today than there
were then, and they are increasing rap
idly. In 1909 the total population of
these northern shores numbered 21S; in
1917, 261.
The mirror., 1919-12-18
For The Doughboys

In the Office of the assistant to the
Secretary of War in Washington, D. C..
which is national headquarters for find
ing employment for discharged soldiers
and sailors, certain soldier clerks keep a
very interesting file in which are cata-
logued some of the nice things that en-
ployers have done for their men who have
been to France and are now back at work
with them.
"We gave all of our boys two weeks
vacation with pay as soon as they re-
ported back for work." wrote one firm
every one of our men who enlisted
or was drafted came back to find his
salary raised from IS to 40 per cent, u
wrote another.
"Our president thought that the boys
would need civilian clothes when they
came back, and so started a fund for
each one, to surprise him when he re-
ported back at the store. The amounts
ran from SIS to $225, according to length
of service" said third.
From our subscription to Liberty
Bonds we took out one bond for each
of our men, and gave it to him on his
return from overseas" came from an
other firm.
"We paid the salaries of all our mar,
ried men as long as they were in the
service" was the burden of many let
ters; and hundreds of firms gave their
employees the difference between theil
salaries and the government pay.
every service man returning, from
colonel to private, comes back at an in
crease in salary or earnings-and they're
worth it," declares Chicago employer
owe gave every man better job," put
down a big manufacturing concern.
Cali our men who went to war came
back with raises of from 81 to So day.
was one correspondents statement.
The mirror., 1919-12-18
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Leaves From Our Poets.
Happily Forever After

How many lovers lips, since God made
man,
And fashioned rose-white Eve from fame
and clay,
Have flung their gallant challenge in
Deaths wayl
''Beyond sweet earth, beyond Life's des-
tined span,
"We shall fulfill a mystic, splendid Plan,
"And, heart to heart, greet Loves i'm
mortal Day.
'Death builds no walls! And we have
walked the way
"Of Love, together, since the World be-
gan!''
How many ask, with shining eyes and
clear,
"Have we not loved ere nowl'' The poets
lutte,
Is touched to memories of Greece and
And who shall prove Mans Love no Wis
ioned seer?
The laughing lips of ancient days are mute
But there are souls who ind their dream
road-Home!
Faith Baldaoin.
The mirror., 1919-12-18
Mind and Matter

How wonderful the powers of poets be,
Commanding earth, and air, and fire, and
sea,
They bade the hills and valleys laugh and
sing,
They ordered them about!
And out
Of sheer conceit, one sought a mightier
slave,
Bidding the deep and dark blue ocean
1t did as it was told.
1t rolled.
Encouraged by successfully tried again
Calling upon the lofty stars to shine;
And, soon as day had gone,
They shone!
So, in their sweet, soft light, selecting one,
Twinkle bard sang, Twinkle, little
starp
And saw it, acting on his wrinkle,
Twinkle!
Wonderful folk, these poet people are |!
-Wilford Gos0er.
The mirror., 1919-12-18

Some one has advanced the opinion that
the letter &c" is about the most unfor-
tunate letter in the English alphabet, be-
cause it is forever out of danger, and in
fear and trembling continually.
However, he overlooked the brighter
side of the letter, and his attention is called
to the fact that "e' is never in war and
always in peace. 1t is President
Wilson's friend because it has always
finished his note. 1t is the begin
ming of existence, the end of trouble, and
the commencement of ease. Without it,there
would be no meat, no life, no happiness,
and no heaven. Love would be incom-
plete without it. 1t is the center of hon.
esty, makes life perfect, and without it
there would be no editors, creditors or
news.-Selected.
The mirror., 1919-12-18
Worship

Last night, as went forth alone,
l heard certain stir above:
The dark heavens comrade hearted .
grown,
And palpitant with joy and love.
1 heard whisper from the skies;
1t said: "Thou art not bound nor poor
For all the wealth of cosmos lies
Right at thy door, right at thy door
"And thou art free to voyage tonight
Through bright illimitable seas,
And share thy wonder and delight
With Procyon and the Pleiades.
"Yea, now the world is Grabbed and old
No less than at the dawn of time,
Mayst squander Betelgeuse for gold,
And sing Orion's Sword for rhyme
Kenneth Morris.
The mirror., 1919-12-18
K0 MI C kLIPS

Two San Francisco negroes were dis
cussing the possibilities of being drafted.
"Tain't gwine do 'em any good to
pick on me-" said Lemuel sulkily. "Ah
certainly amt gwine do any fghtin. All
amt loss nothin' oveh in France. All
amt got any quarrel with anybody, and
Uncle Sam kain't make me fight"
Jim pondered over this statement for a
moment. "You' right" he said at length.
"Uncle Sam KANT make you fight. But
ne can take you where de fghtin' is, and
after that you kin use you own judg-
ment."
The workman was digging. The way
farer of the inquisitive turn of mind
stopped for a moment to look on.
"My man." said the wayfarer at
length, "what are you digging for?"
The workman looked up. Money"
he replied.
Money!" calculated the amazed way
farer. "And when do you expect to
strike it?"
"On Saturday," replied the workman,
as he resumed operations.
An Irishman coming out of ether in
the ward after an operation exclaimed
audibly: "Thank God! That is over!"
Don't be too sure," said the man in the
next bed, "they left a sponge in me and
had to cut me open again." And the
patient on the other side said "Why they
had to open me, too, to find one of their
instruments" Just then the surgeon who
had operated on the Irishman stuck his
head in the door and yelled, "Has any,
body seen my hat?" Pat tainted.
A young Swede in South Dakota, who
had been sent out to collect bills for the
general store, returned with this report:
"Yon Brown, he pay when he sell his
wheat; Ole Oleson, he say he pay when
he sell his oats; and Yon Yonson, he say
he pay in january" "In January?" re-
never set date before. Are you sure he
said January? "Vell, Ay tank it bane
january. He say it bane cold day when
you get your money"
The Red Cross doctor was examining
doughboy who had been badly wound
ed in both hands.
The boy surveyed his injured men,
bers ruefully.
"Do you think I'll be able to play
the piano when l get well?" he asked.
Certainly you'll be able to play the
piano, said the doctor emphatically.
"Thats funny" remarked the soldier,
81 never could play one before"
Edison is bit of wag in his way,
and he knows how to choke off inquisi-
tive visitors to his laboratory.
"What is that?" asked an interviewer,
pointing to a queer-looking model.
THAT" replied the inventor gravely,
"is motor to cradle, and the louder
the baby howls the faster the cradle rocks.
I ought to make fortune out of that
don't you think so?"