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CH.VAUGHAN

funeral Director

TANA

Licensed Embalmer

Funeral Supplies

Day Phone 135J

Night Phone 342J

LADY ASSISTANT

With H. H. Onstad Furniture Co

Wahpeton,

N. D.

Norton Bakery

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Wholesale and Retail

Free Mhrary In Bath CHIm

NorlhwMtorn PHOMP

Gunn Bldg., Breckenridge

F. H. FARMER

Veterinarian

Phone 77

J. V. QUICK Ph.G. &M.D.

Physican and Surgeon

Specialist on Diseases of Wo

men and Children

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WANES' BLOCK

AOHNO..»• WAHPBTON.N.D.

W. E.Purcell A.G. Divet

PUQCELL S DIVET

fittomcys at Law

Practice inallthe courts «f the\

•tate. Collections specialty

Wahpeton, North Dakota

ScAM CHRISTIANSON

Contractor and ^Builaer

Plans and estimate* furnished for

all kinds of building

Contractor for all kinds

of mason work

KIND WORDS.

Cross words are not as effective

as land ones. Would it not fee

wise if we cultivated move the ait

of kindly and various speech) A

Idndly word laden with sympathy

we all instinctively feel may and

oftener than we know does eternally

influence a fife.

your meats remember we also

have, Olives, Pickels, Chili

Sauce, Salid Dressing, Con

densed Milk, Pork and Beans

in Cans, Sauer Kraut in cans,

Mushroons, Sardines, Salmon

and National Biscuit Co.'s

Crackers.

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ARCHITECT

Offices in Schuler Block

WAHKTON, N. D.

Dr. C. P. Vice

Diseases of he

Eye, Ear, Nose and

Throat a Specially

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Teaming* Draying

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do all kinds of

teaming and

draying

For prompt service telephone

your orders to numbers

370 or 241

A. E. McMl7HAEL

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EUGENE SCHULER

Licensed

Embalmsrs and Funeral

Directors

With Eckes-Worner Furniture Co

Day Phone 123

Night Phones 326 or 107L

Wahpeton, N. D.

J. cM. SNgss

Optician

Wahpeton Lodge No. IB A. P.

and A. M.—Regular meeting

nights are the 2nd and 4th Fri

day nights of each month at 8:00

P. M. All Masons are welcome.

BUGGY IN USE NINETY YEARS.

My tf Sturdy Old Vahicl* of Oak and

Wlmli of Hiekary.

Lancaster, Kan.-W. M. Morgan of

l|Us Tlll»|e Is the possessor of a bug

^r. or light wagon, which is ninety

yeails ohf. It was brought to Kansas

tan Vermont by M. J. Gloyes of

Atchieop when a yonng man. Mr.

Ooyea is now eighty-seren years of

age and bought the buggy secondhand

when h« commenced farming in the

Mew England states. When Mr. Cloyes

quit terming in this community a

number of years ago he sold the buggy

to Morgan at public auction.

The present owner uses the buggy

frequently, as it is still in good condi

tion, although considerably antiquat

ed in style. A peculiar feature of the

rig la that the springs are fastened

lengthwise to either side of the body.

Nearly all of those manufactured to

day have the springs across the ends.

The wood used in the body of the ve

hicle is oak. while the wheels are

made of hickory. The material used

in the construction of the vehicle is

stilt in a splendid state of preserva

tion, and Mr. Morgan is confident that

it will last ten years longer.

"FRESH" EGG IS 5 YEARS OLD

Identified by Woman Who Wrote Hor

Nam* on It.

Bellefontaine, O.—Mrs. John Wright

of Bellefontaine has proof that an egg

sometimes remains in cold storage

nearly five years.

At least six months before she was

married she was working In a store at

Lakeview, Logan county, O. She wrote

her name and address on an egg that

was placed In a crate. Four years ago,

July 8. she was married to John

Wright. Recently she received a letter

from New York, addressed to her in

her maiden name.

It came from John J. Sweeney, 172

Bast Ninety-fourth street, New York,

who said he had Just bought the egg.

lAl.

Wright has written Mr. Sweeney

saying it is now at least five years

since she wrote her name on the egg,

which, he cays, he bought ae "strictly

fresh."

The Sleepless Seven.

"There were seven of the twelve,"

said one of the discharged Jurors In

•peaking of the matter next morning,

"who didn't want to sleep themselves

and wouldn't let the rest of us sleep.

Whenever we dropped In a dose they

came around and shook us till we were

wide awake again."

"And you had to submit, I suppoae,

for they constituted the,majority?"

"Yes. They were a rousing major

ity," said the hollow eyed Juror, with

a pensive attempt to bo facetious.**

Cklcaco Tribune.

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Up to Araqr smdirts.

WOULD INCREASE EFFICIENCY

In Annual Report He Favors Federal

Pay Law and Theorotieal Instruction.

Coast Artillery Forcos Are Waak.

Many of the States 8hort of Rifloa.

111,872 Man Inlistsd at End of Year.

Washington.—Conditions in the or

ganization of the militia of the coun

try are, on the whole, far from satis

factory in orghnizatlon, in strength

and in training, according to Brigadier

General A. L. Mills, chief of the divi

sion of militia affairs of the war de

partment. in his annual report. In bis

opinion, the militia's organization Is

top heavy, incomplete and unbalanced

its strength is much below the impor

tant items necessary for field service,

and its training is. on the average, far

below the standard required for effi

ciency in time of need.

General Mills declares, however, that,

despite a decrease in numerical

strength in the militia, the past yea

Photo by American Press Association.

OXNKRAI. A. I,. MILLS.

was one of considerable progress and

improvement. The loss In number

has brought about Increased efficien

cy. and be believes the result will be

an increase in strength both in organ

isations and personnel.

General Mills believes that this Im

provement may be, made more certain

by enactment of a militia pay law. He

strongly urges federal and state co

operation on the ground that the or

ganised militia's welfare can be fos

tered only in that'way. The time has

arrived, he says. for the department to

formulate a scheme for theorotieal In

struction of the militia of all the

states.

Some of the states are aeverely crit

icised for failure to take proper care

of government property. About $1.

000,000 worth was dropped or carried

on a suspended account. Of the total

number of rifles on hand in one state

there were not enough aervfceable ones

to equip the troops for target practice

through sheer neglect In another the

number of rifles short would equip a

regiment at peace strength.

General Mills urges arrangement of

the militia upon a proportionate basis

of the various arms and believes the

quickest way of correcting the present

condition Ilea in the conversion of suffi

cient of the infantry into the other

arms to strike a balance. Any legisla

tion should carry with It provision for

a reserve to be given a limited amount

of field training under pay.

The strength of the militia at the

end of the fiscal year was 9,130 officers

and 111,672 enlisted men, a net de

crease of 12 oftcera and 1,038 enlisted

men as compared with the preceding

year.

For some unknown reason the de

partment has failed to secure an in

crease in the coast artillery militia,

and It Is suggested that the law be

amended to permit the secretary of

war to allot the militia funds among

the several arms of the service in

proportion to the strength in which

be considers they should be main

tained.

FIND GIANTS1 SKELETONS.

In Life They Averaged Twelve Feet In

Height.

Winnsboro. La.—Skeletons of a race

of giants who averaged twelve feet in

height were found by workmen engag

ed on a drainage project at Crowvllle.

near here.

There are several score at least of

the skeletons, and they He in various

positions. It is believed they were

killed in a prehistoric fight and that

the bodies lay where they fell until

covered with alluvial deposits due to

the flooding of the Mississippi river.

No weapons of any sort were found,

and it is believed the Titans must have

straggled with wooden clubs. The

skulls are in a perfect state of preser

vation, and some of the Jawbones are

large enoogh to lit around a baby's

body.

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WHISTLER STORIES

Audacity and Sarcasm of the Ec

centric Genius.

THE FAMOUS PEACOCK ROOM

Mimmie's" Offhand Hospitality, at His

Patron'a Expense, Whilo Decorating

It, the Clash It Lod to and the Way

tho Artist 8quared Accounts.

In Mrs. Alec Tweedie's "Thirteen

Years of a Busy Woman's Life" she

tells this story of Whistler, which she

beard at first hand:

"The famous peacock room at

Prince's Gate was a wonderful scheme

of decoration, peacock's eyes on a gold

ground being its principal motif. About

the year 1880 the late Mr. Ley land, a

wealthy shipowner and patron of the

arts, had taken this grand new man

sion and asked Whistler to decorate

a room. Jimmy, poor and out at el

bows as usual, Jumped at the idea,

but no terms were fixed upon. The

work began. It was a prodigious un

dertaking, and the extraordinary and

erratic little man gave it his whole

time.

"Being at Prince's Gate all day and

having the run of Leyland's house.

Whistler bad a hospitable way of in

viting his friends to come and see the

room and then be would ask them to

stop to luncheon. This sort of thing,

which began occasionally, ended in

heing an almost daily occurrence, and

•litnmy used to bold a little levee every

morning, when three, four or Ave peo

ple remained to iunchon. This became

too much for Mr. Leyland. and bis plan

for putting an end to the campaign

was a somewhat ingenious one.

"Jimmy one day entertained four

friends. The meal not being announc

ed. he ruup the bell for the butler.

'When is lunch?' he asked.

'I have no orders for lunch.' replied

the man. with a stately air.

"Ob. no. of course.' replied Jimmy,

not in the least disconcerted. "We'll

go along to such and such a hotel.

Stupid of ine to forget it.'

"Rut it wus enough, and. though he

pretended not to mind and with that

delightful impudence for which be was

famous turned it off. be never forgave

the incident and determined to pay

I.eylund out. From that day he took

his owu lunch In a little paper parcel

»nd sat and devoured It when so in

clined. On the next occasion Leyland

came in to admire the peacock decora

tions about the usual luncheon hour.

"'You will have some lunch, won't

you?' WhiBtler said. Leyland looked

surprised.

"Up Jumped Jimmy, fetched his bag

and proceeded to untie his parcels, say

ing: 'It's all right, old chap have no

anxiety, it la my lunch, not yours,

and you are heartily welcome to it.'

"When the work was accomplished

which had taken so long Leyland wish

ed to pay the bill and asked the artist

what was his figure. '1 have worked

a whole year and more.' Whistler said.

'I consider my services are worth £2.

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a year, therefore the figure is

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£2.-

500. from which you csn deduct tho

few hundreds you have given me on

account.*

"Leyland was horrified. 'Preposter

ous.' be said, 'perfectly preposterous!*

"Jimmy looked at him and drew him

self up to his full height, which was

not great. *1 beg. Mr. Leyland. that

you will accept as a gift the entire

work of my life for the last year and a

quarter. 1 can compromise nothing.'

"Once again WhiBtler scored and

Leyland paid. Whistler's thanks to his

patron afterward took the form of

painting a life size portrait of him aa

a devil with horns and hoofs."

Sir E. J. Poynter. P. R. A., says the

New York Sun. told in an Interview

how when he was studying in Paris

for three or four years there was one

little artistic group called "Trilby."

He says:

"My companions were Whistler, Du

Maurier. Val Prinsep, Lamont. Thom

as and Armstrong. Of course Du

Maurier altered the thing a good deal,

but his picture of studio life waa in

the main a truthful representation of

our life at that time. Trilby herself. I

believe, waa a pure product of the au

thor's brain.

"In many ways the most remarkable

man among us was Whistler. If he

had only bad energy there is no know

ing to what height be might have

soared, but be waa incorrigibly lazy.

1 remember visiting him once at a

nursing home in Paris. He had been

working a little on a study in pink

carnations. It was exquisite from the

extraordinary sense of color it dis

played. This was bis great gift He

excelled every painter ever known in

purity and delicacy of coloring. Ho

rarely finished any work, but be loved

to pretend. Just for fun, that bis un

finished studies were perfect works

of genius. Then be would chuckle

when people took him at bis word and

declared that the very Incompleteness

fit the sketches constituted their gnat

artistic merit"

Two Sided Paper.

One of the most extraordinary news

papers on record is a weekly published

in the little German town of Grunin

gen. As the place la too amall to sup

port more than one paper the Wochen

blatt la the official organ of the two

local political parties, the Liberals and

the Socialists. Half the pages an

written by members of each party, an

arrangement that seems to satisfy both

sides.

The first boor of the morning is the

rodder of tN day.—Henry Ward

Beecher.

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FOR RENT—Two to four va

cant rooms back of the fish mar

ket. Inquire at the market. 1-15tf

FOR SALE OR RENT—A seven

room house on first street south,

inquire at Miller's drug store.

2-5-tf.

FOR SALE—Section of land in

Oliver county, N. D., 12 miles

from railroad, 1 mile from school

house, 2 miles from a creamery,

on R. F. D., telephone, plenty of

good water. Coal on land. Good

buildings and mostly all fenced.

250 acres broke. Price $20.00

per acre. Address 908 2nd street

north, Wahpeton, N. D.

RECKLESS RAILROADING.

They Kicked on the Speed and Bag

gage Smashing In 1846.

A correspondent. Professor Edward

ti. Morse of Salem, sends the following

extract from a letter written by Louis

Agassi?, to his mother. The letter is

dated Hoston, December. 1840:

"Leaving Boston the 10th of October.

I went by railroad to New Haven,

passing through Springfield. The rapid

ity of the locomotion is frightful to

those who are unused to it. but you

adapt yourself to the speed and soon

become, like all the rest of the world,

impatient of the slightest delay. I well

understand that au antipathy for tills

mode of travel is possible. There is

something infernal in the irresistible

power of steam, carrying such heavy

masses along with the swiftness of

lightning.

"The habits growing out of contin

ued contact with railroads and the in

fluence they exert on a portion of the

community are far from agreeable un

til one is familiar with them. You

would cry out In dismay did you see

your baggage flung pell mell like logs

of wood—trunks, chests, traveling bags,

bat boxes—all In the same mill, and If

here and there something goes to pieces

no one Is astonished. Never mind!

We go fast—we gain time. That 1s the

iS8ential thing."

And this was ou the Boston and Al

bany! And there waa baggage smash

ing In 184H!—Boston Herald.

TIME TO CURTAIL STUDY.

Cheek Brain Work Whan the Child la

Growing Rapidly.

As soon as a child begins to grow

rapidly all intellectual exertion should

be cheeked. Such is the theory which

Dr. C. Mercier. the famous English au

thority on children, expresses In an

article In the London Lancet Espe

cially when there is any family tenden

cy to nervous or mental disorder, rap­

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HOUSES FOR SALE—At prices

ranging from $350 to $3,009.

Practically your own terms will

be given. Geo. Wrahlstad.

WATKIN'S REMEDIES

I have the agency for the Wat

kin's liniments, spices, extracts

and toilet articles for the sontfe

half of Richlapri county, includ

ing the city of Wahpeton.

A full line of the above arti

cles is kept at 21 Second street

south.

Nietzsche Hated the Germans.

"Nietzsche's personal charm of

ner." said Dr. Brandos, the Danish

critic in a recent lecture, "was in

strong contrast to the violence with

which he attacked established lnstlta

tions in his writings. His pet aver

sion waa the Germans, and in bla later

books the word Teutonic stood for bias

for all that was evil. To dine with

Germans, he said, gave him indiges

tion!

"This antipathy to his countrymen

Is closely paralleled in Byron's m.

tipstby to Englishmen. Stendahl's tk

the French and Heine's to the Ger

mans. It arose In Neitssche's can*

from a disguat of humanity—a dlsgnsk

which was best expressed by what the

Greeks called miaanthropy."—London

Globe.

Ne Vices.

Nell—I don't suppose Mr. 8iltlcus ha*

any vices. Belle—Vices! Why, he be

longs to glee club, an amateur the

atrical society and writes poetry.—

Philadelphia Record.

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FOR SALE—A 1914 model Font

car. Inquire at The Times office.

2-5-tf

FOR SALE—Wm. Keating has

1000 bushels of clean Durum seed

wheat for sale. 2-5-tf.

FOR SALE—First class prairie

hay—delivered if desired. A. Dan

icourt, Breckenrdige. Phone drop

19.

M. D. KEENY, Agent.

idly growing children should be with

drawn from school altogether until the

period of rapid growth is over.

Mercier does not think that intellec

tual work at high pressure is harmful

to either boys or girls as long as food,

sleep and bodily exercise are sufficient,

but he is sure that pressure of intel

lectual work in those who are grow

ing rapidly should never be permit

ted, and if growth be proceeding very

rapidly all intellectual work should be

put aside.

Dr. Mercier insists that it is scarce

ly possible to give growing children

too much to cat. and it should always

be borne in mind that the carbohy

drates—starch. sugar and fat —are

mainly fuel that is burned up in pro

ducing muscular movement and that

the proteins are the main elements In

the formation of tissue. Consequent!*

it is a mistake to restrict the meat ra

tion of children.

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