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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-11-24
The Meanest- Man.

A well-to-do Chicago real estate own.
er came into hardware store in that
city and asked the proprietor for a
pound of nails. The small package
was made up and the price "a nickel,
handed to the merchant, when the
customer asked il the purchase could
be sent TO his house, which was in a
distant part of the city. The merchant
assented, and calling a boy, handed
him the parcel with dime and said:
Here. Johnny, take this parcel out to
Mr.. Blanks house" "What!" said the
customer, "are you going to give the
boy dime to take the parcel out?"
why, certainly said the merchant;
II wouldn't think of asking him to go
so far for nothing" "Well," said the
meanest man in Chicago, eff you would
just as soon give me my nickel will
take it out myself and you'll save five
cents.'
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HE BREEDS WILD GEESE.
Man Who Raises Birds to Decoy Their
Free Brothers.

Man Who Raises Birds to DOGGY Thor
Free Brothers,
II. w. Thompson of Salisbury Cove,
Me-, has succeeded in breeding wild
geese In captivity. For sixteen years
ne has been experimenting and is now
satisfied with the success he has
achieved. He can breed them almost
as we'll as the domestic geese. Mr..
thompson secured his first trio of wild
geese by shooting into flock and Grip
ping them. He was very careful that
nothing should happen to them until
he had secured sitting or two of eggs
ana had raised a flock of wild geese
that would stay with him. But his first
years experience was a failure. The
geese laid eggs, but they were not fer
tile and he did not secure single Cos
ling. The next year he sent to a breed
er OF wild geese in Massachusetts and
bought gander, the bird costing. ex-
press included, SIG 1t proved a good
investment, as he raised nine goslings
that year and since then has raised
from fifteen to twenty-five annually
from the three pairs which he keeps.
The wild goose lays but one litter of
, eggs, although she will sometimes lay
three or four extra eggs if not allowed
to sit When the goslings are about
four weeks old the end of the wing
+, on which the flight feathers grow must
be removed to the first joint. II be-
l1eve." said Mr.. Thompson. 1.-The in
stinct for flight. or migration, is so
strong that even after being bred so
long in captivity they would leave
either in the spring or the fall. 1t is
interesting to see the geese change
their location on the farm. In the fall
they will locate at the south end of the
farm buildings, and in the spring they
will move to point north. 1t is the
same way when they fly, as they often
do, sometimes mile or so away; but
they always go north in the spring and.
south in the fall. New York Sun.
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WORKING FOR UNCLE SAN

1t is more than forty years since
Gen. Spinner, who has been called
"the father Of the employment of
women in the Federal service" found
places for few women in the Treas
ury department at Washington. He
was then treasurer of the United
States, and there was a great dearth
of eligible employees in consequence
of the drafts made upon the young
men of the country by the civil war
Gen. Spinner proposed the employ
ment of women in place of men, and
the idea which he started has gone
on almost uninterruptedly since, but
not to the extent that is popularity
supposed.
BY the last government report it
appears that there are $4,000 men in
the. federal service of the government
as clerks, bureau chiefs and messen-
gers, Of whom not one-half receive
$3.50 year or less.
There are 1880 women and girls
in the Federal departments, of whom
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,SA WE'D 81 MySTERIOU,s VOICE

Ghost stories and presentiments
were the subject of conversation in
the lobby of the LenoX hote. one even
ing recently, according to the Duluth
Herald. Several stories, humorous
and otherwise, We're told. ID. Nj. Baker
of Minneapolis related a queer expert
ence he met with in the west several
Years ago while travelling with a
party of friends on Denver & Rio
Grande train.
II am not at all superstitious and.
as a general thing, l place little con-
fdence in tales about spirits of the
departed" said Mr.. Baker. "Neither
did | place any confidence in present..
ments until the event l am about to
tell you about occurred
There We're several of us on our
way to the Pacific coast On the
night in question we had berths in
the same car. We occupied our time
during the evening in the usual way
oil passengers on an overland train,
smoking, chatting and playing cards.
AS the night advanced the party grew
smaller, as, one by one, the fellows
went to bed. | retired little before
ii O'Clock and it wasn't long before |
was sound asleep.
about o'clock in the morning |
awoke with a start. A voice seemed
to be calling me, Get off the train.
it said. l rubbed my eyes, and while
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DRIVEN ASHORE By SHARKS

That a shark is voracious will be
attested to at any time by Capt. w. j..
Bounds and R. j. Stewart, two we'll
known fishermen of Wicornico coun-
~, Md. Sharks, vicious and voracious
sharks, of the maneating tribe, are
| numerous in the waters of the creek
curing the closing days of summer.
Iher appearance in the creek
here, which usually occurs about
MS time OF the year, renders it ex-
tremely dangerous for devotees of the
rod and reel TO engage in a days
sport, and more than one local sports
man was compelled last week to pull
lor the shore" or stand battle with
the angry and hungry sharks.
Yesterday Capt. Bounds and Stew
art the venerable fishermen of Wi
comico county, had quite an exciting
run from q school OF man-eaters.
which they will not be apt to forget
soon The two were in midstream
enjoying the sport of pulling in fish at
lively clip, when school OF sharks
made its appearance around the bend,
about 200 yards ahead OF them.
The admiral of the shark flotilla, a
big fellow, who seemed to be leading
he way upon seeing the fishermen
rang up and headed for the boat oc-
cupied by Bounds and Stewart bow
on. They We're coming with the
speed OF torpedo boat. and as it was
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6,363, somewhat more than half, re-
ceive less than 1920 a year. OF this
number 1000 are in the postofIice ser.
vice, 1,150 in the Treasury depart.
ment, 1,500 in the Bureau of Engrav.
ing and Printing, 1000 in the Indian
service, $50 in the Government print.
ing office, 209 in the War department,
$50 in the Pension office. eighty-six in
the Navy department. 1877 in the De.
partment OF Agriculture and nineteen
III the Department of State.
Less than 10 per cent of the Fed.
eral employees are women, and a great
majority of them hold minor posi-.
lions at small pay. An outcry was
made after the close Of the civil war
by those who feared that by the EN-.
ployment of women and girls men
were deprived of fair chance of
livelihood in Washington, but the fact
is that the number of men has in.
creased very much more largely than
the number of women in Federal de.
partments during the last twenty-five
years.
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meal time, both for the fishermen and
the sharks, the former were not long
in finding it out and making up their
minds to eat their dinner on the
banks of the creek. They Immediate
ly put oars to the boat and pulled for
their lives and the shore.
The sharks We're gaining on them,
but the fishermen didn't stop to meas
ure distances, as it was dinner hour
for all concerned. With superhuman
efforts they bent to their oars, shoot
ing the boat through the water, and
finally reached shore. Two OF the big
fish, the leader and his closest fol-
lower ran in too near the shore and
became stuck in mud fiat
Cap. Bounds seized his rife lying
in the boat and dispatched them both.
The men declare that The larger of
the Two sharks would measure nearly
eight feet and the smaller one about
five and one-half After killing their
leader the other shi rks. some half
dozen in number, sank below the sur
face and We're seen no more.
The two men didn't care to take
chances on rowing home. so they took
the land route. Capt. Stewart says
there is not enough fish in the Allan
tic ocean, if they were all in the
creek, to induce him to go fishing
again until cool weather sets in
Philadelphia Press
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PASSING OF PoRRlpeE
Makes Way for the Better Food Of
Better Day.


"Porridge is no longer usa5 for
breakfast in my home.',. writes a loyal
Britain from Huntsville, Ont. This
was an admission of no small signif.
canoe to one brought up on the time
honored standby.
one month ago." she continues. IT
bought package Of Grape Nuts food
Tor my husband, who had been an in
Valld Tor over year. He had passed
through severe attack of pneumonia
and la grippe combined, and was left
in a very bad condition when thew
passed away.
Il tried everything for his benefit.
but nothing seemed to do him anv
good. Month followed month and he
still remained as weak as ever. was
almost discouraged about him when
got the Grape-Nuts, but the result
has compensated me for my anxiety.
In the one month that he has eaten
Grape-Nuts he has gained 10
pounds in weight, his strength is ran.
idly returning to him and he feels
like a new man. Now we all eat
Grape-Nuts food, and are the better
for it. Our little year old bow. who
used to suffer from pains in the stom.
ach after eating the old-fashioned nor.
ridge, has no more trouble since he
began to use GrapeNuts, and | have
mo more doctors bills to pay for him.
Eve use Grape-Nuts with only sweet
cream, and find it the most TASTY dish
in our bill of fare.
Last Monday ate teaspoonfuls
of Grape-Nuts and cream for break.
fast, nothing else can set to work
and got my mornings work done by
o'clock. and felt less tired, much
stronger, than If had made my break
fast on meat, potatoes, ETC., as 1 used
to. wouldn't be without Grope-Nuts
in the house for any money" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich There's reason.
Read the little book. "The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs,
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bedclothes. Indignantly exclaimipg:
Charlie, you have been drinking:
you know you have. Goodness gra.
cious; your breath smells worse than
bar-room!"
Nonsense" Charles growled; ''just
glass of champagne for politeness'
sake; never was more sober in my
life.''
Three minutes of quietude. Then,
raising herself up on her elbows, his
wife gave him a scrutinizing glance in
the dim light, and, as she gazed down
on him, fairly screamed, between her
bursts of laughter:
well, Charlie, you may be sober as
judge, but it is the first time in my
life that 1 ever heard of a sober man
going to bed with new silk hat on. /"
Charlie reached up, felt the hat, and
vicicusly slammed it into space. Save
for an occasional smoker from under
the bedclotlles, silence prevailed for
the rest of the night.
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[ was trying 10 figure out just where
| was the voice repeated the words,
telling me to get off the train. | was
really in dazed condition, and only
half awake. Just then the train be.
gan to move. 1t had stopped for a
minute at station
Hardly realizing what | did,
grabbed my clothes, ran to the end Of
the car and jumped onto the depot
platform. When I came to my senses
the lights Of the train were disappear
ing around a bend. No building was
in sight, aside from the depot. There
light was shining from the window.
| entered and surprised the operator
with my strange appearance, for, of
course, had had no time to dress.
told him Just how | came to be there,
and then laughed with him at my
foolishness.
He pointed out cot. and for a
second time that night went to bed.
Before morning report came over
the wires to the effect that the train
| had left had run into a washout
twenty miles farther on and had been
badly wrecked. Every person in the
car | deserted was more or less in
jured, and five were killed 1t is not
for me to explain the thing Maybe
it was a dream and maybe it wasn't.
Anyway, I wasn't in the wreck. To
me that is the most interesting part
OF the story"
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QUESTION OF ALL QUESTIONS

You are holding your head very high.
young man; you have risen above
the crowd.
You have come to the front as but few
men can, and you have the right to
be proud:
You are master of men who are older than
you, and your heart is stranger to
care:
The world is approving the work you do.
and the world you inhabit is fair:
You are having your day, men call you
great; your rise has been far and
fast,
But ask yourself before it's too late:
How long is it going to iast?'
You are living in glorious style. fair girl,
you are dressing in gorgeous things
Your neck is weighted by many a pearl.
your hands are ablaZe with rings:
You sing and you dance and the people
applaud; YOU have beauty and youth
and grace.
And lightly you scatter your bounties
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white beds are women and girls who
are awaiting or recovering from opera
tons made necessary by neglect.
Every one of these patients had
plenty of warning in that bearing down
feeling pain at the left or rigks of the
woinb, nervous exhaustion pain in the
small of the back. leucorrsna, dizzi-
ness, hatulency. displacements of the
womb or irregularities. All of these
symptoms are indications OF an I'M
healthy condition of the ovaries or
womb, and it not needed the trouble
will make Roadway until the penalty
ton. and lifetime of impaired useful-
ness at best, while IN many CASES the
results are fatal.
The following letter should bring
hope to suffering women Miss Luella
Adams. OF the Colonnade Hotel, Seattle,
WASH, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
"a bout two years ago I was q great suf-
ferer from a severe female trouble, pains and
headaches. The doctor prescribed for me and
finally told me that, he'd tumor on the
womb and must undergo an operation if |
wanted to get we'll. Il felt that this was my
lars for medical help, but the tulnor kept
growing. Fortunately l correspondent with
an aunt in the New England States, and she
advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound, as it was said to cure tai
nors. | did so and Immediately began to
improve in health and was entirely cured,
the tumor disappearing entirely without an
operation. l wish every suffering woman
would try this great preparation"
just as surely as Miss Adams was
cured OF the troubles enumerated in
her letter, just SO surely will Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cure
every woman in the land who suffers
from womb troubles, Inflammation Of
the ovaries, kidney troubles, nervous
excitability and nervous prostration.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all young
women who are i'll to write her for free
advice. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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CHAPTER v.
Gagged.

The circumstances which might have
led another to hasten his operations.
led the Israelite to greater care and re-
hection He had not supposed that
Julian would take the two black men
to service SO near his own person. and
when he found that such arrangement
had been made, his first inclination
was to hesitate least suspicion of the
slaves honesty had led the chieftain tn
place them thus near him. However
after the lapse of a few days. Judah
Was satisfied that no suspicion was en-
terta&ned against himself or his com
panions. and he began to turn his at
tention to the work he had in hand.
On the morning of the fourth dav
Julian announced his intention OF NOV
ing. and gave orders that his men
should be in readiness. A spy had ar
rived during the night with intelli-
Eeuce that a large caravan was ON its
way from Tyre to Damascus, and the
chteftain had determined to intercept
It. Some wealthy merchants from
Rome were in the approaching train,
and It was probable that thew bore
wealth for Horam
Just as the sun was rising, while Ju-
dah was In the wood after his horse
he was accosted by Osmir, who had
been cut on an errand for the chief
tain.
All. my master" said the black
gazing carefully around to see that he
was not observed. ST am rlad that
have met you. have been wondering
whether you meant to carry out the
plan which brought US here
p why have you wondered at such a
thing1" asked Judah.
Z Because" replied osmir. .T have
nlade up my mind that If the choice Of
masters, were left to me shcu!s
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abroad. and laugh in the moralist's
face;
You're the rage, you exist in a state OF
fast,
But have you ever considered this: How
long Is it going to last?''
You approve of things as they are. old
man, you are piling your fortunes
high;
Through many deep-laid, intricate plan
you are passing the statutes by:
You sheer at the ones who would set
things right, you are warping the
And he. that neglects to grab where he
might you regard in your heart as a
fool
But brought to grief by your greed for
pelf you will sigh when your chance
is past.
For what might have been had you asked
yourself you how long it was going to
IS. E. Kises.
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have come from her Mistress ex-
claimed the chieftain, warmly ",The
pl ncess may be in trouble She may
need stout arms to help her. Lead me
TO this bondmaiden at once"
She begged. my lord, that she might
Rot be exposed
! Lead on. | will see her"
The great road wound around
the foot of the hin, and ere long the
| guard had reached a point so utterly
shut off from the camp that his loud
est cry could not have been heard by
the robber sentinels.
is the girl here?' asked Julian, as
his sable guide stopped and turned
She must be very near here, my
lord. l left her upon this very spot"
The chieftain heard slight rustlng
behind him: but, not being startled
into quick action, before he could turn
he received blow upon the side OF
the head that felled him TO the earth.
He was for the moment stunned. and
before his reason was clear enough to
direct his movements. he was set upon
by three stout men, who bound his
arms and legs So quickly that his
power of resistance was gone before
he fairly knew what opposed him.
Sir Robber,' spoke the Israelite
bending over the PROSTATE chieftain.
'you are my prisoner, and henceforth
You arc in my keeping until | deliver
you up to my master. You cannot es-
cape me, SO do not trouble yourself
with the attempt"
You are JUDAH" said the chieftain.
Il am"
And these others are protested to
be of Aleppo?"
Yes"
And you three serve the king of Da-
mascus?"
You have guessed the TRUTH.
BY, the gods muttered Julian, as
though communing with himself, II
should have guessed this before
have been blind. | have acted like
child. But / am not yet quite lost.
l am still within the
The Israelite had been watching him
narrowly, and when he saw that the
chieftain had a disposition to call for
help, he sprang upon him and stopped
his mouth.
"Do not blame yourself. Sir Robber.
Judah of Damascus has done more diff
ficult work than this; and you may
take to yourself the assurance that
when he set out upon his mission the
deed was sure of Its accomplishment.
An, here comes Sellm with the horses.
You shall have an easy ride and a
quick one: and when you are i'm the
presence Of the king YOU can plead
your case as eloquently as you please,
| have not time to listen; nor have i
the power to judge
The Scourge of Damascus. In tine fnll
vigor OF robust manhood, and possess
ed of a strength and daring beyond
any OF his stalwart followers, was a
prisoner in the hands OF
three slaves-a prisoner within
sound of his own camp-and so surely
a prisoner that he had no way of es-
cape. His steelwrought muscles were
powerless beneath the cruel bonds. and
his mouth was stopped from the utter
ance of alarm. He was lifted from the
ground and placed upon the back OF
a powerful horse, and in few mo-
ments more he was being borne swiftly
away from his friends and compan-
ions-away towards the city where
dwelt his deadliest enemies.
Ito be continued.)
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A Mistake,

Fair Visitor-Here, my poor man,
are some roses for you. What can do
to make you comfortable?
Prisoner-Guess you're making
mistake, lady.
Fair Observation-Disclosures
Prisoner-Tm only here for porch
climbin'. Yer'll find the guy that kill
ed his wife in tn mex cell.
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The Selfish Lover.

Nay. I'll not kneel at your feet,
Praying for your love-not /!
Though l tremble when we meet,
/ will not kneel at your feet.
Asking you to love me. sweet,
For the gathered roses die!
Nay, I'll not kneel at your feet,
Praying for your love-not l!
/ will never let you know
BY look or by sign:
IT'S for you. live. but, oh.
] will never let you know.
Lest win your love. and so
Lose the longing that Is mine!
] will never let you know
BY q look or by sign.
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Not DANGEROUS.

"An' how's yer wolfe, Pat?"
Sure, she do be awful sick"
"Is ut dangerous she is?'
mo, she's too weak t. be dangerous
amy more"
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HOSPITALS CROWDED
MAJORITY OF PATIENTS WOMEN
Mrs. Pinkham's Advice Saves Many
From this Sad and Costly Experience.
IT, is a sad but

1t is a sad but
true fact that
e very We a r
brings an in
crease in. the
number ofopera-
tons performed
upon women in
our hospitals.
More than three
fourths of the
patients y ing
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Ole Scourge
ofkGanA sous
A Story Of
the EaSt...
By
SYLVA ANUS
COBB. JR.
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