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The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
THE CHAPERON

I take my chaperon to the play
 She thinks she's taking me. Y And the gilded youth who owns the box. A proud young man Is he; But how would his young heart be hurt If he could only know
 That not for his sweet sake I go
 Nor yet to see the trifiing show. But to see my chaperon dirt. Her eyes beneath her snowy hair
 They sparkle young as mine; There's scarce a wrinkle in her hand So delicate and fine. And when my chaperon is seen,
 They come from everywhere
 The dear old boys with silvery hair,
 With old-time grace and old-time air, To greet their old-time queen. They bow as my young Midas here Will never learn to bow (The dancing masters do not teach
 That gracious reverence now); With voices quavering just a bit,
 They play their old parts through, They talk of folk who used to woo,
 Of hearts that broke in ffty-two- Now none the worse for wear. And as those aged crickets chirp
 I watch my chaperon's face, And see the dear old features take
 A new and tender grace; And in her happy eyes I see ! Her youth awakening bright,
 With all its hope desire, delight
 Ah me! I wish that I were quite As young-as gay as she!
 IA Henry Cuy1er Burner.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
BritiSher Reads Stars and Sees New World War
 to Begin in June 1926

There will be another world war be- ginning in June, 1926, according to 8 writer in the British Journal of As trology This prophet, who signs him. self "Sepharial," asks for a serious hearing, inasmuch as he claims to have published a year in advance in each case the exact date of the war of 1914 and of the cessation of hos til.ties.
 "The first phase of the next war;" he writes, twill begin with Turkey, whose perfidy will lead to its final overthrow in 1921-22 This time Prus- sian intrigue will dominate the posi- fion in the near East, affecting Greece, Turkey and Russia. But, according to my calculations. the great crisis will not be reached until June, 1926.
 Tn this great war, which may be regarded as Prussia's counter to the wal of 1914-1S, the malevolent forces take their rise in Vienna and Berlin, ascend to Petrograd, penetrate through the whole of Russia and descend via
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
Beautiful South Amerfcan Bird.

On some of the islands of the Pa ci1c, in tropical South America, is found the beautiful bird known as the jacana. It is famous for its so-cailed love dances, which appear to be exc cuted by the males to excite the adi- miration of the female birds. When the mating season approaches the jaca9a will single out its favorite lady and try to win her admiration with all its bewitching maneuvers. In the dance the wings are spread and worked in such a manner that the beautiful colored feathers produce brilliant effect.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
"What Is Man?" ,ts Interesting Answer Dealing With
 Physical Makeup

A man weighing 150 pounds will con tain approximately $500 cubic feet of gas-Oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen fin his constitution, which at 30 cents a thousand cubic feet would be worth $2.S0 for illuminating purposes, as serts a writer in the Electrical Elk perimenter. He also contains all the necessary fats to make 15-pound candle, and thus, together with his $500 cubic feet of gases, he possesses considerable Illuminating possibilities His system contains twenty-two pounds and ten ounces of carbon, or enough to make 7SO dozen, or 9,360 lead pencils. There are about fifty grains of iron in his blood and the rest, of the body would supply enough. of this metal to make one spike large enough to hold his weight. A healthy man contains fifty-four ounces of phosphorus. This deadly poison would make 800,O00 hatches or enough poison to kill 800 persons. This, with two ounces of lime, make the stiff bones and brains. No difference how sour a man looks, he contains about sixty Jumps of sugar of the ordinary cubical dimensions, and to make the seasoning complete, there are twenty spoonfuls of salt. If a man were distilled into water, he would make about thirty eight quarts, or more than half his entire weight. He also contains great deal of starch, chloride of potash, magnesium, sul- phur and hydrochloric acid in his won- derful human system. Break the shells of 1000 eggs into a huge pan or basin, and you have the contents of man from his toenails to the most delicate tissues of his brain. And this is the scientific answer to the question, SWhat is man?''
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
Only 31 Persons to Each
 Square Mile of the Earth

There are, as nearly as can be esti- mated, 1,623,OOO,OOO persons on this earth. As the land area is ffty-two and a third million square miles, there are, on the average, more than 20 acres for each person. But at present the population is very unevenly distrib- uted. Thus, in Asia, which has nearly one-third of the earth's land surface, there is one inhabitant to each 13 acres; in Europe, which contains only one-fourteenth of the whole area, there is one person to every acres; in Africa, one to A acres, and in Amer .ica, one to 78; while on the entire earth there are only 31 persons to each square mile.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
No Interpreter Needed if
 You Are a Curling Fan

Curling, like it's sister Scottish game of golf, has its own vocabulary. Here is " dialogue in which a Scot in the antipodes tried to illustrate the "kittle pints'' of the game to his New Zealand friends: "What's rat-lid, MT. Mac pherson?' asked an inexperienced member of the venerable skip" "Div ye no see, ye gowk?" said the skin. "Ye ding yer stane cannily, but nae sac fine as the hog it. Nae halfin' fieg, nor jinkin' turn, ye ken, but tentiely, that it aye gangs snoovin' an straucht as an elder'd walk, hog-snoutherin' amang the guairds, till ye fan on the verra tee. When ye'Ye dune that, lad die, ye've made pat-lid, and ye may been the gree!''
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
New Chances.

We all get new chances, not second chances in the same set of cir cumstances but the great difference between one person and another is, how he takes hold of and uses his first chance, and how he takes his fall if it is scored against him.-Thomas Hughes.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
"FAKE" ASPIRIN WAS TALCUM Therefore Insist Upon Gen. uine ''Bayer Tablets
 of Aspirin"
 / A \
 BAWGRl

Millions of fraudulent Aspirin Tab lets were sold by a Brooklyn manufac- turer which later proved to be com posed mainly of Talcum Powder. "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin the true, genuine, American made and American owned Tablets are marked with the safety "Bayer Cross"
 Ask for and then insist upon "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" and always buy them in the original Bayer package which contains proper directions and dosage.
 Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
One Cold Leads to Another.

"A cold never leaves the individual as we'll as he was before the cold 1: he must recuperate,"' writes Prof. Oliver T. Osborne of the Yale School of Medicine in the New York Medical Journal. Therefore it takes some thing out of him and does something to him. This is particularly true of young children. A cold always pre-. dispoSes to another cold"
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
What EIoMerS Mean.

Wild rose, loyalty; carnation, admir- ation; violet, modest strength; Easter lily, purity; lily of the valley, sweet ness and modesty; rose, happy love; daisy, gentleness; water lily, intlu- ence; poppy, contentment cosmos, hope; chrysanthemum, friendship; hol lY. triumph.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
PITH AND POINT

You can always judge the wheels in a mans head by the spokes that come from his mouth.
 When a girl makes an assign ment of her love her sweetheart is immediately appointed as re- ceiver.
 Every time a man discovers that some woman has deceived him his vanity gets a severe paralytic stroke.
 Taking a walk on an empty stomach is said to cure indiges- tion-but you should be careful whose stomach you walk on.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14

When Sergt. Alvin c. York of the Three Hundred and Twenty-eighth in-l fantry, Eighty-second division, reput- ed to have accomplished the greatest single feat of tee war, arrived from France he was greeted by the Tennes-l see Society of New York and taken to the Waldorf-Astoria, where dinner was served in his honors The sergeant was presented with $2,0O0 in Liberty bonds. This photograph shows Ser geant York holding picture of his aged mother.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
Grape Nectar.

To a quart of grape juice add a pint of sirup and the juice of four oranges. When ready to serve add quart of charged water and serve Grape juice served in a third of a glass of water with ice is a most refreshing and palatable drink. The grape juice when put up at home is not expensive and may be used for various frozen desserts or buildings as we'll as for drinks.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14

DtI IlIdI, T IIdIdHSEI.
 If you are really fine and wonderful and great you won't have to talk about it. Others will always find such things out, and it would seem that you were not wonderful to hear you boast that's never wonderfui.
 And now that I have given you such good advice, I want to tell you that I practice what preach. I don't boast, and once again, I tell you, that l am SO thankful I am an Arizona Wood Rat. I don't boast of it, but 1 am thankful p
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14

Cuticura Soap for the Complexion. Nothing better than Cuticura Soap daily and Ointment now and then as needed to make the complexion clear, scalp clean and hands soft and white. add to this the fascinating, fragrant Cuticura Talcum and you have the Cuticura Toilet Trio.-Adv.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
Same Thino,

Brownies, took Smiths note for thousand dollars for my car. I suppose that he is reliable and all that?
 Jones-Well, he's truthful anyway. He told me that you made him a present of it.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
Origin of Names of Months.

January from Janus; February from februa- -puriication-a Sabine word i; March from Mars; April from aperio open; May from Maia, goddess of growth; June from Junius July from Julius; August from Augustus Sep tember from septem-seven October from acto-eight; November from novem-nine; December from decem- ten.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
Ginner Lemonade

Cook a half-pound of Canton ginger and one and one-half cupfuls of sugar, the rind and juice of three lemons and three pints of water 20 minutes. Add the juice of six lemons to the sirup, strain and cool. Serve with ice.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14

lIldI l dllI uOt du ordinary rat"
 II am glad to hear of such thankfulness go- ing on day after day." said the Flying Phalanger.
 "Now, now" :" said the Arizona Wood Rat.
 What do you mean by Now, now'?'' asked the Flying Phalanger. "Why don't you say, Then, then,' or To be, to be?' :"
 Don't be rude,"
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
Human Ant Hill.

In southern Tunisfa lis mountain of considerable size called Douriat. which once upon a time was an active volcano. Bubbles of volcanic gases made it a veritable honeycomb of caves, which in these days are inhab- ited. In fact, the whole mountain is a city-a human anthill, denseIy pop ulated.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14

said the Arizona Wood Rat. You know that when I say Now, now I mean now is the time for you to stop making fun of me.
 You were making fun of me when l said that was more thankful every day l was not an ordinary rat"
 Well" said the Flying Phalanger, T am glad I am not an ordinary crea- ture. I keep up with the times. This is the day of airplanes and flying. The days of steam engines, motorboats and automobiles has gone by"
 Nonsense" said the Arizona Wood Rat. "All of those things are still 1sed'
 "Ah, my dear Rat" said the Flying Phalanger, ''the day has gone by when those things were wonderful and amaz- ing and astonishing and new"
 But they're still useful" said the Arizona Wood Rat.
 'They may be useful" said the Fly ing Phalanger proudly, "but they're not the newest thing. Airplanes are keep hps with the times.
 Il have loose~folds of skin which use for flying. They are like planes they are. Now I am curled up on my straw like any squirrel, but I am not like any squirrel, for I am the flying phalanger, the great flying phalanger, the up-to-date flying phalanger."
 Seems to me if you are so pleased with yourself you should be mighty thankful" said the Arizona Wood Rat
 Dear me-" said the Flying Phalager, you are very silly creature and not my equal at all. I talk to you of high up things, of airplanes, of wings, of flying, of being up to date, and you talk to me of thankfulness.
 Gracious, what a commonplace creature you are!'
 Don't be rude to me-" said the Ari- zona Wood Rat, as he wiggled his whiskers.
 And why may not I, the great Fly ing Phalangers be rude if wish?'' he asked.
 "Of course you may if you wish, but will tell you few reasons why you shouldn't be-" said the Arizona Wood Rat, still wiggling his whiskers as he talked.
 "All right, tell me-" said the F1ying Phalanger in a high and mighty man. her.
 'In the first place." said the Arizona Wood Rat, i've are both considered interesting because we are both in the zoo. They didn't bring just you and build zoo all about you.
 "They brought me here, too, and not only did they bring both of us, but they brought loads and loads of other animak and birds and creatures, too.
 "SO you needn't be conceited, and while 1t is all right to be up to date 1t is very good thing to be useful, too, and you shouldn't make fun of steam engines and motorboats. They've always done good work and they will still do good work"
 ''I don't see why you stand up for motor boats and steam engines" said the Flying Phalanger, they're no re-
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
Recention Coffee.

Make a quart or two of strong cof- fee, the amount depending upon the number to serve. Sweeten to taste. Strain and cool and serve in tall glasses with a spoonful of ice cream on top of each.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
ConundrumS.

Are the natives of Poland tall or short?
 Tall. Because a Pole measures 161a feet.
 How many foreigners make man uncivil?
 Forty Poles make one rude (rood).
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
PineappIe Drink

Add a pint of grated pineapple to pint of prepared sirup and quart of water. Set on ice for three hours, strain and serve. Lemon juice is some times added to this drink with a pint of charged water.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
Chocolate Sirup.

Melt two squares of chocolate with two tablespoonfuls of boiling water, cupful of sugar and speck of salt. Add two cupfuls of boiling water, cook five minutes, strain and bottle. Keep in a cool place until needed.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
Refreshino Summer Drinks.

The acids in fruits as we'll as the mineral salts are especially good to quench thirst. Some drinks such as iced milk, chocolate and coffee with cream are of themselves food.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
Iron Ship Lightest.

An iron ship weighs 27 per cent less than wooden one of the same dimensions and will carry 15 per cent more cargo when loaded to the same depth.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
fr Na~A

"See that boy over there? He's nick named Flannel"
 "Oh, why's that?"
 Because he shrinks from washing" -BOys' Life.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
Exhausted.

Mrs. Benham-The vocabulary of the average person is about TOO words.
 Benham-Seven hundred words wouldn't last you more than an hour or two.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14

the Black sea and Turkey in Asia, on to Syria and Palestine"
 Another allied victory is predicted by Sepharial.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14

lation to you, are they ?"
 None at all" " said the Arizona Wood Rat, "but I don't like you to be conceited, and so I tell you that useful things are valuable.
 "Then, too," con- tinued the Arizona Wood Rat, "crea- lures who are real ly great and fine and w on d erf u l don't have to boast about it all the time. Just remem-
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14

Ten million to fifteen million bush els of sweet potatoes are lost every year through disease.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
MOTHERS COOK . N. h.
 BOOK 1U~O1 1'H011> "c&X-

Make us meet what Is, or is to be Y With fervid welcome, knowing 1t Is sent To serve us in some way full excellent, Though we discern it all belatedly.
 James Whitcomb Riley.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
National Prouress.

National progress IS the sum of national industry. energy and upright neSs.-Samuel Smiles.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14

Truth is mighty, but, fortunately, g lot of it can be suppressed.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
OADDY.}EVEN|NQU
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ARIZONA WOOD RAT.
6y hary Graham Bon,n!,ee!I I1,!,,e!

"T am more thankful every day that I live" said the Arizona Wood Rat,
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14

Eternal vigilance may create a de mand for spectacles.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
Ginuer Water.

This is an old-fashioned drink which was used in early times in the fields
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14

Too many young men empty their sand boxes on the first grade.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
Oranoeade.

To each tumbler add the strained juice of an orange, two tablespoonfuls of prepared sirup made by boiling sugar and water together, and three fourths of a cupful of plain or charged water.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14

for. harvest drink. Mix two table spoonfuls of ginger with three table spoonfuls of sugar, add pint or more of chilled water, stir we'll and serve. Molasses used to be the sweetening instead of sugar.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
lnnnorfanf to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, that famous old remedy for infants and children, and see that it
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14

In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14
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but you can clean them of promptly with
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The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-14

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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-02

T. j. Vincent, formerly with the
Rogers Lumber Co. Of this city, will
locate at Billings, Mont, during the
present month, where he will engage
in the lumber business. For the past
year or two he has been connected
with large lumber concern at Chip.
pewa Falls, Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. D. LAGRANGE Of
Deering, who have been seriously III
with influenza, were able to leave St
Joseph's hospital Tuesday but they
will remain with friends in this city
until Saturday before returning home
Their little adopted daughter Is still
at the hospital, but improving.
Tuesday was by far the coolest day
of the winter, the government ther-
tn1ometersregistering 36 degrees below
according to the records Of w. I. Fer
ris, in charge of the weather bureau
in this city. The deep snow on the
grousd probably caused the ther-
mometer to lower some. The weather
was pleasant enough and no suffering
was reported.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-02
BERT PL0WhAN BE-
COMES DFLCO DEALER
Local Man Appointed Dealer for
Delco-L Light in Ward
County

Bert Plowman, resident of Miaet.
called at the Independent office on
Friday morning and announced his
appointment as Delco Light Dealer
for Ward county. !.
Mr.. Plowman had with him an auto
mobile on the back Of which was one
Of the famous Delco Light Plants He
gave demonstration to large crowd
which collected in front of the In
dependent office. The Delco Light
plant is compact electric general
ing machine, consisting of direct
connected engine and generator and
a set Of storage batteries. Tt is de-
signed to furnish electric light and
power for farmers, stores, schools,
churches, camps, etc. Everyone was
surprised at the simple operation of
Delco Light. 1t cranked itself like
an auto motor when Mr.. Plowmaa
pressed switch. He says that once
started it will continue to run until
the battery is fully charged when the
plant stops automatically. He says
that the only care required by the
plant is putting kerosene in the fuel
tank, oil in the crank case and water
in the battery jars and that if farm
er will do these things and start the
plant up two or three times a week
it will give him all the electric light
he can use in his house, barns and
other buildings and plenty Of electric
power for churns, cream separators,
washing machines, tanning mills,
grindstones, pumps, etc.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-02
CANADIAN SOLDIER VISIT
ING WITH MINOT PARENTS
C. A. Bjorn, Who Was in Some Ter,
rible Fighting, is Back Visiting
Parents in Mckinley Town
ship

Private C. A. Bjorn, SON of Mr..
and Mrs. A. C. Bjorn of Mckinley
township, has returned from France
where he has been fighting with the
Canadian forces for several years and
is now visiting with his parents.
Mr.: Bjorn enlisted at Regina with
the 249th Battalion and for 10 months
he was no garrison duty at Quebec
where anti-war demonstrations were
in progress. After going to Eng
land he was transferred to the fam
Gus 16 Battalion. Mr.. Bjorn fought
all the way in the big push which
started at Amiens Aug. 9, Foch's first
big push, going clear thru to Cam
brai. He was wounded in October, a
piece Of shrapnel going thru the side
Of his nose. In the Cambrai drive
there were 100 men in Mr.. Bjorn's
section and only forty-four came out
alive, so it must have been some little
battle.
Mr.. Bjorn returned on the Grampia,
via New Brunswick, and has no COM
plants concerning his treatment on
the way coming over. He was nine
days on the return trip. He speaks
in the highest terms Of the work Of
the Red Cross and the Y. NJ. G.. A. He
figures that while he was in the hos
pital the Red Cross gave him fully
$50 worth of things free, little things
that were not absolutely necessary,
but which 60 as far in making con
valescent soldier comfortable.