The Wahpeton times. [volume], December 11, 1913, Image 10

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WHEN ACCIDENTS BRING LUCK
What Seemed at First to Be Misfo!*
turn Turned Out to Be Caua*
of Prosperity.
"What looked like an accident that
would put me completely ont of busi
ness was instead the cause of my
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of Business
Great Reduction Sale
now on at
Vertin Bros. Dept. Store
Breckenridge, Minnesota
On account of CHANGE of OWN
ERSHIP of this splendid depart
ment store Jan. 1st. 1914, we wish
to reduce the large stock of gen
eral merchandise at wonderftilly
reduced prices. This sale con
tinues until Dec. 24th. Every de
partment is filled with fresh sea
sonable goods and you should take
advantage of this sale.
Vertin Bros.
present prosperity," satd a nun who
makes a business of taking people out
to the fishing grounds.
"When 1 started business three
years ago I had just enough capital
to buy a second-hand motor boaC
which was rated to carry sixty passen
gers.
"On the first day I took a party of
fishermen out the spring on the intake
of my carbureter broke when the
A Sure Cure
W or S
Money In the Bank.
There is no reason why
any man cannot build up a
balance in the bank if he
only
makes up hie mind to
Try it for a year,
and that frown of yours
will be replaced by a smile
and your past due bills will
be replaced by money in
THE
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
WAHPETOH, N. D.
E. R. GAMBLE, President
A. STERN, Vice President
J. P. REEDER, Cashier
S. H. MURRAY, Asst Cash.
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boat was between Coney Island Point
and Monument Ught. For an hour
the boat drifted and my passengers
cussed.
"As every boatman knows, the
Shrewsbury river forms,new sandbars
every winter, and although I had not
been up the Shrewsbury that season
I took chance. Just at the entrance
to the channel the boat poked her nose
upon a sandbar, and as the tide was
oa the ebb she stayed there.
"Swearing like a pirate I reversed
the engine, but it was no usa By that
time practically all of my atkty pas
sengers were vowing they would nevei
take another trip on my boat %tnl
they threatened to warn their friends.
"An old German who sat in tfee stem
and who could not speak English did
not realise that the boat was aground,
but thought we had reached the fish
ing grounds. Very calmly he belted
hie hooks and threw the line over.
"Hardly had the line struck bot
tom when the old man began to heal
in vigorously. He landed a Mg, tat
fluke oa the deck In a moment every
•an had a line overboard. Sodi Ash
ing yea never saw. The men got
flake Jast as fsst as they eoald pull
them In.
"2 have been a seamen a good many
years aad I understood what had hap
pened. The Shrewsbury and especial
ly around Sandy Hook Point is jtamovs
for fluke and theee fish wUI .always
go where the bottom is being dug up.
There's no better place for fluke flail
ing than behind a boat that is dredging
for oysters or clams.* The reversing
of the propeller of my boat was, of
course, tearing up the bottom and the
flake were coming from all directions.
"I Just thanked my stars and kept
the engine reversed. After a couple
of hours the tide turned and lifted us
off the bar, but by that time every
one had a mess of fluke and all were
happy. The fishermen took it for
granted that I had run the .boat
aground at that spot and had then
kept the engine going so as to give
them a day's fishing and make up for
the time lost previously. They ad
vertised me liberally among their
Mends and I've been busy ever slnoe."
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Test for a Field Glass.
Inquiry has it that the absolute and
Infallible test of a glass by the pur
chaser is to see what else letters eaa
be read across the street from the op
tician's shop.
It Isn't The reel test is to climb
up a long and bushy hill until the
breath comes a hundred to theml
ute, then a snatch tor the glass, re
posing in a shirt pocket, to see wheth
er the buck is the one you want be
fore you firs. if it won't go la year
shirt pocket, it is net the glass yon
want others are made thgt wllL If
tt shakes la year agitated head* it
?ot the fhusyou want goa cannot
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eee enough more
___ with a high-power
glasa to per tor the timee when tt la
unusable because yea cannot held Ik
ateady.—Outing.
LIGHT CARRIES PICTURES
When Reflected From Object It ,ls
Made to Take image Wherever:
It
We are accustomed to the idea that
aouls are Immortal, that energy eaa
net be annihilated, that matter can
-pot be destroyed, but what of this ex
traordinary Immortality of deeds?
Simply this: Light that la reflected
or given off from an object carries an
Image, a picture of the object, with it
en its travels, no matter how long the
Journey or whither it may tend.
When these image-carrying light
waves enter the eye, the picture they
bear Is revealed, whether the waves
have been only infinitesimal frac
tion of a second in ^oming from the
face of a friend aoroaa the atreet, or
whether they have reached the eye
after a Jaunt of 100,000 yean through
space, from the flashing aclntiUatlon
of a far-off star.
Even as we see our neareat star
neighbor not aa it is today, but as tt
was four years ago, the light that is
reflected to this star tram our planet
carries pictures of the earth as it was
48 months ago, and any peraoa, tt at
that distance from the earth aad
ftqulpped with some means of collect
ing the light waves, would aee events
aad deeds that had transpired en thia
•earth la the year 1901!
Suppose we had such an apparatus
•ad could out-travel light We oould
'tourney to the Pole star aad behold,
we would see the earth aa it was la
!the year USX!
If we Journey nice years of light
waves farther In toward the earth, we
"would Intercept the light picture show
ing the firing on Fort Sumter la 1811.
Even though every book and every
manuscript, and every monument
.should be destroyed, the lnooiqparable
Jbravery of our northern and southern
poldlers are written entemally on the
scroll of the heavens.
If we traveled still farther out Into
bpace, and caught up with the light
waves that left us, say 420 yean ago,
we would see Columbus discovering
America! The waves that left as about
700 years since would five us the pic
ture of Runneymede, with John, sur
named Lackland, signing the
Charta.
Nearly 2,000 light years from the
•earth speed the waves that bear the
story of Caesar's fame and the glory
that was Rome's.
Still farther out, hurtling through
the esternlty of unending space, is a
picture from far back in the dusty cor
ridors of time, a picture of the earth
when It waa void and without form,
agea and ages before that wonderful
creature man, had entered the arena
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Just So.
"I see one of our young baseball
phenoma is to be sent back to the
minors for more seasoning."
"Yes, evidently he lacks pepper."
"But maybe it's another way of say
ing that he isn't worth his salt"
A Friendly Clock.
"Look and aee if the clock le run
ning, dear," said grandma to email
Sadie.
"No, lt'a standing atlll, grandma,"
reported Sadie, "but it's wagging its
tail."
Kindness.
"Why does Miss Screamditl always
close her eyes when she sings?"
"Well, you know she is so tendei
hearted that ahe cannot bear to aee
anyone suffer."/"' :--v
MOVES INTO NEW
The. business, which is storage and repair work, was started as a one man
shop by C. J. Zillgitt in Breckenridge two years ago. He outgrew his quar^
ters there and moved to Wahpeton last spring, when the present company
."was organized.
The company now employs about a dozen men and are fully equipped
for all repair work of every description. There is no shaft too large for
them to weld or no boiler too large to patch.
Ag they move into their new building the business is turned over to the
Wahpeton Garage Co., of which Mr. Zillgitt is vice president and general man
ager. The other officers are: Frank Eberley, president, and R. M. Lunday,
secretary and treasurer.
Mr. Zillgitt's reputation, when coupled with the standing of the men
that are associated with him, will make this one of our strongest institutions.
Mr. Zillgitt says: "I have tried hard to give good service in the places I
have had, and now with a new and up-to-date place the service will be strict
ly first class.
"I also wish to ask everybody to remember that while we now have a
practically fireproof building yet our monthly rates for storing will not yaiy
much from those of any other garage in either of the two towns.
"Bemember also that we are equipped with an oxy-acetylene welding
plant largd enough to handle all kinds of jobs as large as the
mobile or a threshing machine, and ouraim always is to please you with our
work."
C. J. ZILLGITT, Manager
PRANK EBERLEY, Pre&ident R. N. LUNDAY, Secretary
SW|H|PSIpa f||
Xmas Day Goodles
T0U SET YOUR ,. .'
Eats at Our Store
Ion tham Mng trash, otaan ami purs.
Yeur day want ba oamplata without a bax of
APPLES ""iSSU"70
Some of the Good Things
Naw Mlxad Nuta 20a
Mlxad Candy 12a, 15a, 20a
Naw Dataa and Figa
Calaiy, Lattuaa, Cahbaga,
Dill, Swaat and Sour Plokl
aa and Appla Cidar.
Naw Henay, stralnad and
oamb, Pop Corn that pops,
Orangaa, Grapas, Bananaa,
Citron, Lamon and Oranga
Paal far your Caka.
Swank's Grocery
'Phana Your Ordar to 64 Wahpatan, N. 0.
Garage Company Now Located In
Their Elegant New Garage Building
The Wahpeton Oarage Company, which u& been known as the Zillgitt
Auto Co., are now domiciled in their new graage building. The new building
is built of brick and concrete and is 50x132 feet in size, a part of it fainy two
stories high. It is modern in all of its appointments and constructed wpwi
ially for a garage and repair shop.
An Englieh Joke.
Papa (seating himself at the break
fast table)—Where's your mother,
Ethel?
Ethel (aged ten)—She won't, be
down. Mumsey's got a headache al
ready, Papaey, and whatever you've
got to aay about the coffee thia mor»
lng Just tell it to me.
Co-Operation Among Animate,
Co-operation is almost universal In
the. animal world. Wolves often hunt
in relays or in couples. When at
tacked, cattle and horses form a cir
cle. Beavers always work in oom
panlee when building their dama.
A Failure.
Vint Small Boy—Is your slater any
good at playing ball?
Second Small Boy—Naw. She can't
throw anything but a fit, or catch any
thing but a beau.-f'"':?"*''-
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