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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13
CHAPTER XVII.


The day after the operation on Sir
Mark Buckingham the doctors were
hopeful On the third day they were
anxious; there was decided change
for the worse. A week later the mas
ter the master of Draycott Hall passed
away in the presence of his wife and
son. His last words, as he lifted his
death-glazed eyes to the young mans
fearful face, were. Forgive me, Har-
old-forgive me-"
Mother and son stood in the death
chamber side by side. and in the hour
of their grief thought only of the dear
one who had been taken from them
AS the master of Draycott Hall
yielded his last breath, the dawn had
broken over the kentish hills. Harold
Buckingham, wearied with the long
nights vigil, went out into the
grounds.
1t was only as he looked out over
the glorious old park, and far beyond
TO the green pastures that stretched
away into the distance, that he realiz-
ed all that his fathers death meant to
him. >
The home that had been his from
childhood would be his no more.
With the last breath of his kind and
loving father who had passed from
the worlds sorrows and would know
grief and pain no more. the heritage
Of the Brettinghams had passed to a
stranger-to stranger who was of
their blood, but whose very name was
a reproach to them.
He would obey his fathers wishes
in everything, but 1t was bitter blow
to him to know that when he and his
mother Quilted the old place they
would in all human probability never
place foot within its walls again.
He wondered what would happen.
What sort of company would the new
baronet gather around him in the old
place! What would the tenants think
of the new master?
How charitable his thoughts might
have been under other circumstances,
1t was impossible for him now to feel
anything but resentment against a
man who, being Brettingham, had
sunk to the level Of a felon-a man
who had come from convict Jail to
, claim an inheritance that had passed
in honor from heir to heir for centur-
les.
He hoped, he prayed, that the bitter
shame of the truth might be spared
them, that this chapter in the history
of their house might remain forever
/ hidden from the knowledge of the
world.
He had discussed the future with
his mother while his fathers life hung
In the balance, and they feared the
worst.
His mother had not seen Mark Bret
tingham. and prayed that she might
be spared the pain of meeting him.
| He would have right to claim the
Hall and enter into possession of II
! at once, and SO they had determined
to leave it Immediately after the
funeral.
Under ordinary conditions It would
have seemed to them irreverent to dis
cuss such matter while there was
still chance Of Sir Marks recovery
But the circumstances were exception
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13
He Was Not Lazy.

Mark Twain says that all are lazy;
some are able to fight it down. while
others fail. He knew noncombatant
of this class when boy in Hannibal
His name was Jim Black, and one
summer morning he was lying under
a tree beside the river listening to
the birds and watching the steam
boats glide up and down the great
stream.
well, what are you here for?"
Mark asked him.
"Pm here" said Jim. "for to pile
them bales onto the wharf
ooh! And now you are resting, are
you?"
NO." said Jim; Il amt resting, be-
cause amt tired. Pm just waiting
for the sun to sink down behind that
there hill, SOS can knock off work. :"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13
PATENTS.

List Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by johnson & Lothrop.
patent lawyers, Oil Pioneer Press
building, ST. Paul, Mimi: Ward B.
Chittenden, ManlSato, Mimi. lantern
holder; Sigvart Kvam. Minneapolis.
Mimi, husking glove; Allan L. Nc.
Gregor, Duluth, Mimi. evener for We
hicles; George P. Wacek. Olivia.
Mimi. harvester: Paul G. Burhans.
Phoenix, N. D., fire escape; Wallace L.
Dow, Sioux Falls. s. D.. building
block; George Dumas, Walhalla, N. D.,
whip socket.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13

critical condition when l began WIN
Doan's Kidney Pills, and they certain
Nv did wonders for me. Though l am
81 wears old, am as well as the
average woman of so. I work well.
eat we'll and sleep WE'LL"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13
peafneessHcannot Be Cured

oy local applications. as they cannot reach the dis
cure deafness, and that is by constitutional reeaiss
DEAFNESS 10 caused by an innamed condition OF the
mucous lining OF the Eustachlan Tube When this
tuoe is Unnamed you have rumb!ing sound or i'm
perfect nearing and when 1t is entirely closed Deaf
TAKEN out and this tube restored to Its normal eond
son, nearing WIN be destroyed forever; nine
out an innamcd condition of the mucous surfaces.
we VIII give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send Tor circulars fsee
F.J. CHENEY T. CO., Toledo, @
Sold by Druggtsts, I5c
Take Halls Family Pills TOR constipation.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13

LOT00 years ! Bull
fered everything
with rheumatism In
my limbs and .
dull. ceaseless ach-
ing in my back. I
was weak, languid,
broken with head
aches and dizzy
spells. and the kid
ney secretions wero
thick with solids.
l was really In .
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13
Loves Language.

Again he crushed her to him.
Darling" he breathed, this kiss
tells you all that would say"
Pause. Then:
"Did you understand me. dear?" he
whispered.
Blushing faintly, she replied:
mo. Repeat what you said, please"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13
No, Sir.

Johnny. understand that mamma
gave you q good spanking to-day?"
mo. sir
Why. she tod me that she did"
She gaveSme spanking, all right.
but 1t wasn't q good one: 1t was a
bad one"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13
Prosaic.

Prosaic.
And methought the air grew aenser
Incense from an unseen censor s' muir
INJURED the poet.
Nav" responded practical person.
Gasoline from a buzzwegon that Just
passed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13
Cheerful.
I'll not to thee
My woes rehearse.
What e'er they be.
They might be worse.

FITS, st. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DIR. Klane's
Great Nerve Restorcr. Send for Free $3.50
trial bottle and treatise DR.. r. H. Kline,
Id, 93l Arch St., Philadelphia. Pa.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13

The man who loves himself esclus-
lively always has room to give sin
lodging.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13

The man who thinks he has a nat,
emit on piety never goes into its manu-.
facture.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13

ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE.
the Lanature Of q. W. GROVE. Used tbs WosH
ever to Cure Cold in One Day. 26o.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13
Betwixt and Between,

BetWixt and Between.
What sort of place do you oovet
in heaven, Uncle Dave?"
Not SO low, sub, dat de angels
could step on me, en- not so hish dat
I'd git dizzy en- come tumblin'."
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13

SAVE 20 PER CENT OF YOUR FvnL,
Write for price list and testimonials.
Economy Fuel Saver Co.. Minneapolis
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13

There Is one through road to heav.
en-; It is by the doors Of needy human
ity.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13
,-,v STRENGTH FOR OLD sAcKs.
Al. Mad TO Suffer Every Day from
Backache.

urs Joannah Straw. 52e North
Broadway. Canton. S. D.. says: "For
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13

We possess no knowledge until we
impart 1t.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-02-14

Barley was an excellent crop and
averaged nearly 80 bushels to the acre.
Providence in its wisdom underlaid
the greater portion of the land in the
western part of the state with a fuel
which is free for the digging.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-02-14
Neglected Colds Threaten Life.
From the Chicago Tribune.


"Don't trife with a cold," is good adj
vice for prudent men and women. 1t
may be vital in the case of a child.
Proper food, good ventilation, and dry,
warm clothing are the proper safeguards
against colds. If they are maintained
through the changeable weather of
autumn, winter and spring, the chances
of a surprise from ordinary colds will he
slight. But the ordinary light cold will
become severe if neglected, and a we'll
established ripe cold is to the germs of
diphtheria what honey is to the bee.
The greatest menace to child life at this
ofthe year is the neglected cold.
Whether it is a child or adult, the cold
slight or severe, the very best treatment
that a be adopted is to give Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. 1t is safe and
sure. The great popularity and I'M
mense sale of this preparation has been
attained 10y its remarkable cures of this
ailment. \ cold never results in pneu-
monia when it is gwen. For sale by N
b. McGruer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-02-14
H TOUCAN.
Queer South American Bird With AN
Extremely Large Riil.

~ ~ liza ~
A queer kind is the toucan. 1t seems
to have been made expressly To take
charge of its huge banana shaped
beak. which in some species is fully
seven inches in length an,l more than
two inches in width entirely out of
proportion to its comparatively small
body. This beak is the most brilliant
possession of the oucan being orange
and black, scarf t and yellow or green
| and red, according to the species of the
bird.
It's home is in the wild South Ameri-
can woods, where, mingled With the
screaming of parrots, macaws and 9th
er tropical birds, is heard its monoto-
nous cry, 'Tucano, tucano!." from
which it's name IS probably derived. 1t
is a fruit eater, and, climbing among
the branches, it gathers its food with
it's long beak, whose strength no stem
can resist.
The toucan nests i'll trees, and it is
uncertain whether it e%Ncavates its bur
row or builds in Il natural cavity.
Nothing more comical can be imagined
| than the head Of this creature. with it's
sparkling eyes and enormous. gayly
colored beak, appearing from Il hollow
in the trunk of some forest monarch.
1t is said that the young birds are sub
iect to the attacks of monkeys and
birds of prey and that when the parent
bird is alarmed all she has to do is to
poke her head out of the aperture
leading to the nest. The assailant,
seeing so huge a bill, fancies an animal
of corresponding size behind it and
leaves without bowling or saying fare
well.
Toucans are sociable birds and go in
large t1ocks. They make common cause
against their enemies. such as owls
and falcons, which they surround and
mob, as the rocks do in England. Hav-
ing thus no need for protection, they
are noisy and clamorous, like parrots
and monkeys.
The plumage is generally black, but
the throat is white, tinged with yellow
and commonly edged beneath with red.
The tail is nearly square or moderately
rounded, with the upper feathers red
and the lower scarlet. Alterations Of
the brighter colors are displayed in the
feathers of the throat, the breast and
the tail.
The bird is kept easily in confne-
ment. Some of it's brilliant tints are
very feeting, and they often leave lit
tie or no trace after death, so that lit
tie idea of its beauty can be obtained
from a stuffed specimen.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-02-14

The value of dairy products of this
state in 1905 was about 8 100000. There
are 80 creameries in operation, to say
nothing of homo dairiee.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-02-14
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Wednesday,,


The president has approved the Joint
resolution authorizing temporary
leaves of absence for homestead set
tiers.
Senator Giuseppe Saracco, formerly
premier and minister of the interior,
is dead at Bistagno, Italy. He was
eighty-fve years old.
Emperor William has conferred the
Red Eagle order of the first class on
Baron Speck Won S%ternburg, the am
bassador of Germany at Washington.
The Nebraska house Of representa-
tives defeated a resolution asking
members of congress to oppose the
ship subsidy and merchant marine
measures.
Senator Culberson of Texas has in
troduced a bill in the senate prohibit
ing the sending of any information re-
garding dealings In cotton futures
either over interstate telegraph lines
Or through the mails.
Thursday,
The plant of the Honduras Lottery
company at Mobile, Ala, was raided
by government officers, the contents
seized and the employees arrested.
David r. Goudie, conspicuous as an
advocate of international peace and
for many years a public character, is
dead at Chicago, aged siXty-two years.
Charles d. Wolcott, director of the
geological survey, has been elected
secretary of the Smithsonian institute
by the board of regents at their annual
meeting.
Major Frank B. Gordon, late of the
United States volunteers, died sud
denly at Washington of pneumonia.
He was the youngest son of the Con-
federate general, John B. Gordon.
The car barns of the Interstate
Street railway at Huntington, w. Va,
We're totally destroyed by fire Wednes-
day. Seventeen out of the twenty
II in the barns were completely de.
stroyed. The loss is estimated at
$4,000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-02-14
Friday.

The Academy of Music at Washing
ton was completely Quilted by fire
Thursday.
President Roosevelt has sent to
congress a message favoring a model
insurance law in the District of Co
lumbia.
While the general condition of for
mer Governor Higgins of New York is
o favorable there is apparently but
slight hope for his ultimate recovery.
An official decree nnounce the
turning over of the palace of Cardinal
Richard, archbishop of Paris, to the
ministry of labor. 1t will be used for
office purposes.
DR.. B. E. drummer of Omaha, one
Of the best known physicians and sur
geons of the West, is dead from the
effects of a paralytic stroke which oc.
Cured last March.
The central part of the city of Po-
lotsk, in the province Of Vitebsk, Rus
STA, IL of the most ancient cities of
the empire, has been destroyed by
fire. The damage done is very heavy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-02-14

North Dakota lies at the beginning of
the Mississippi Missouri river valley with
in whose boundaries are produced the
greatest variety of staples for the use of
found anywhere on earth.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-02-14
Stockholders Meeting.

The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Langdon Driving and Agri-
cultural Association will be held at the
office of II. ID. ALERT, secretary for the
association, at 10 o'clock a. m, on Tues
day, March 9TH, 1907. The object of the
meeting is to elect directors for the as
ISOLATION for the ensuing year.
II ID. albert, Secretary.
1881 Langdon. y. D.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-02-14

More than a hundred years ago Lewis
and Clark would have been compelled
to return east but for the corn they OBJ
tanned from the Indians on the Missouri
river North Dakota has always grown
corn.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-02-14
Skin Disease of Twenty Years
Standing Cured.

| want you to know how much
Chamberlain's Salve has done for me,
1t has cured my face of a skin disease of
almost twenty years standing. | have
been treated by several as smart physi-
clans as we have in this country and
they did me no good, but two boxes of
this salve has cured me. Mrs. Fannie
Gritfen, Troy, Ala. Chamberlain's.
Salve is for sale by n. f. McGruer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-02-14
What to Dc When Bilious.

The right thing to do when you feel
bilious is to take a doseof Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. They will
cleanse the stomach and regulate the
liver and bowels. Try it. Price Is cents.
Samples free at N. r. McGruer's store.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-02-14
Saturday.,

The house Friday passed $50 pen
sion bills in one hour and fifteen min
utes.
Admiral Beranger, former Spanish
minister of marine, is dead. The end
came suddenly and was due to heart
disease.
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, the
last of the children of Rev. Lyman
Beecher, sister of Henry Ward
Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe,
is dead at Hartford, Conn.
Sir Francis Henry Evans, M. P,
director of several companies and a
partner in the firm of Donald Currie
E. Co, managers of the Union Castle
line OF steamships, is dead in London.
Dispatches to Dun's Review indicate
that weather conditions are more nor
NAL than for some time past, which
helps retail trade, and In other de-
partments the preparation for spring
trade is active.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-02-14

No country in the world produces
such nutritious natural grasses as North
Dakota.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-02-14
Monday

Monday
Former Governor John W. Davis of
Rhode Island is dead at Pawtucket.
Thaddeus L.. Vanderslice, a prom
inent attorney of Philadelphia, died
suddenly from heart disease.
General Henry r. Adams, retired,
late colonel of the Fifth United States
infantry, is dead at Pittsburgh, N. Y.
Eight inches of snow has fallen in
Central and Eastern Kentucky. All
railway traffic is delayed. Live stock
is suffering.
Major William Gillette, aged sixty
nine, a veteran of the Civil war, is
dead at Madison, Wis. He was a
famous ffer and frequently e%nlivened
old soldiers reunions.
Following the success of the Phila-
delphia upholstery weavers in obtain
ing an II per cent increase in pay
the Cloth and Dress Weavers' union
has decided to ask for a Is per cent
increase in pay.
Tuesday,
H. l.. F. LagercranIz has been APP
pointed minister Of Sweden to the
United States.
Walter L.. Lane. publisher of the
Muscatine (Ia.) Journal, is dead of
heart trouble after many months i'll
ness.
There were 417,573 emigrants from
Italy in 1906; $4,000 went to the
United States, 111.818 to Argentina
and 1913 to Brazil.
The extreme cold weather continues
throughout Eastern and Central Ken
lucky. Railway and road traffic is de-
layed. There is much suffering among
the poorer classes.
Colonel Richard w. Blue, formerly
a we'll known Kansas politician and
attorney, died suddenly of heart dis.
ease at Bartlesville, l. T. Colonel
Blue was born in Virginia and served
through the Civil q In the Union
army.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-09-19
Breathing Plants,

Plants give off carbon dioxide
just as man does when breathing.
Professor j. R. A. Davis describes
an experiment in which a growing
plant is placed in glass jar just
large enough to cover it, the jar be-
ing sealed with creased glass plate.
The jar is then put in dark place
for time. When opened lighted
match plunged therein will be ex-
tinguished, showing that the plant
has used up the oxygen in the jar.
II some limewater has been left in
the jar, it will be found to have turn
ed milky, which shows that carbon
dloxlde has been given off by the
plant.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-09-19
GIBSON

Mr.. Meyers is building ne"
potato cellar.
L c Teller entertained Windsor
relatives sunday.
Mr., Self made business trip to
Fort Collins last week,
Gus Mellin OF LuCerne visited at
A. G. Carlson's Thursday.
c. A. Carlson and wife entertained
friends from Greeley Sunday.
n. d. Bartholomew Of lucerne
was in Gipsun last week on business.
Mrs Robert Boyd and sister, Mrs.
Dillingham;, are in the mountains
with relatives.
Mary Harsh returned last week
from months visit with her sister
near Sterling.
Gene Howard spent few days
threshing here last week and then
pulled in for The winter
The Greeley tribune., 1907-09-19
FAIRPLAY

Mrs. A. Nichols is on the SICK iis'
this week.
Roy McWilliams is attending
school at Eaton this year
Mrs. Albert Nichols was the guest
Of Mrs. Darrow Wednesday.
Miss Pearl Nichols spent Saturday
and Sunday with her parents.
Miss Laura Rienks has gone 70
Greeley where she will attend the
business college.
Miss Leonora Goodwin was the
guest of Mrs. Albert Nichols the
latter part of the week.
Little Freda Webber, who has
been quite i'll from an attack OF ty-
phoid fever. is now able to be about.
The Christian endeavor socitey OF
Ault attended social at the nome
of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Nichols last
Friday evening. About thirty were
present. The rooms were tastlly
decorated with sweet peas. Refresh
ments of cake and lemonade we're
served. The young people greatly
enioved the straw ride coming and
going, about twenty riding in one
large wagon.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-09-19
The Final Disappointment.

A man who was something Of q
gourmet ordered dinner for himself
and his party which from the menu
should have been very palatable, but
apparently it was not so. Course
succeeded course, and toward the
end Of the meal the host could re-
strain himself no longer. He call
ed up the waiter and e1postulated.
'1I ordered a good dinner, and we
have waited patiently for some sat
isfactory dish. The soup was fail
ure, the fish was disappointment,
the entree uneatable, and I am sorry
to tell you that during the whole
dinner there has been nothing worth
looking at" The waiter looked trou-
bled for an instant and then, bright
ening up, said, of you wait mo-
ment, sir, will bring you the bill"
The Greeley tribune., 1907-09-19
Splendid isolation.

A number of military men in a
Washington hotel were once giving
an account of an incident of the
civil war. A quiet man who stood
by at last said:
Gentlemen, l happened to be
there and might be able to refresh
your memory as to what took place
in reference to the event just mar
rated"
The hotel keeper said to him:
"Sir, what might have been your
rank"
81 was private"
Next day the quiet man as he
was about to depart asked for his
bill.
"Not a cent, sir; not cent" an
swered the proprietor. "You are
the very first private l ever met. "
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-09-19
THE CLUBS
North Side Country.

The largest attendance for the
year of the North Side Country club
assembled at the beautiful home of
Mrs. Arthur Leaver Sept. l3 and
we're handsomely entertained by
their esteemed hostess. The visitors
were Mrs. David Kelley, Miss Kate
Merritt, Mrs. Frost, Miss Leaver and
Mrs. Kelley. Roll call was re-
sponded to by favorite quotation
from Longfellow. The novelty
feature of the program was tie club
paper edited by Mrs. Orlando Clark
and Mrs. Kate Bliss. Each member
contributed to the several depart
ments, making very interesting
and enjoyable paper. Music was
rendered by Mrs. Morgan and Mrs.
Leaver, making the event one long
to be remembered.
The club closes the years WORK at
this meeting. They take their vaca-
tion in the fall, the busy time on
tile farm. The next meeting will
be Nov. l, when the new officers will
be In charge and the new years
work begun.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-09-19
FarmerSl

Here is chance for the well-to do
farmer and the one who wants a
home and has not sufficient smoney
to buy:
On all unimproved land no pay
ment is required the tirst year and a
very small payment the second year
and about what cash rent payment
would be for each year thereafter.
VIII rent or sell the improved
land on long time, easy payments.
All interest at per cent.
This land Is some OF the very best
land in Sedgwick county, Colo, anC
has a big crop of alfalfa, sugar
beets, small grain and corn growing
on it now. Part of this land Il
watered by the Julesburg irrigation
reservoir district and part by ditcl
that has furnished all the water tina
was wanted at all times for eighteen
years; in fact it is one of the hes
bitches in the state.
Come and see the land and yo
will be glad of it as long as you live
Write or see T. r. Liddle, Jules
burg, Colo.