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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-06
The Right Arm.

A boy got vaccinated the other
day upon his right arm and imme-
diately afterward tied the usual red
ribbon around the left one.
The doctor visited him the next
day to note progress.
"Why," he said, ttyou've got th'
ribbon on the wrong arm"
sNo," said the smart boy; "you
don't know the chaps at our school. F"
London Tit-Bits.
Strategy.
doctor, that ointment you left
for my husband to use on his rheu-
matte elbow may be all right, but
there's no use telling him to rub it
in. He won't take the trouble to do
that. You don't know him as well
as do"
II think I do, madam. I put
some stuff in that ointment that
will make his elbow itch like fury,
and he'll have to rub it."-Chcago
Tribune.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-06
Soldl

tDid you happen to notice that
dark, handsome lady who went out
just as you came in?" queried the
booksellers assistant to q chance
acquaintance.
6Yes," answered the chance &C.
quaintance. "What about her ?"
"Wen," said the booksellers as
sistant, "she has very interesting
history indeed"
The other smiled the knowing
smile of the born gossip and sank
his voice to a whisper.
can interesting history, eh? How
do you know~
because I sold it to her a few
minutes before you came in" said
the smart shopman. "We've got
some more left. Like to see one p
But the chance acquaintance had
departed.-London Fun.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-06
Are Soups Diaestible7

There are varied opinions about
the digestibility of soups. Some
physicians disapprove Of them for
weak stomachs, and all physicians
condemn them for obesity. Milk or
cream soups, purees they are called,
are wholesome and easily digested,
but meat soups have tendency to
give an oversupply Of uric acid, just
as has meat itself. Therefore those
with a tendency to rheumatism OF
diabetes should eat sparingly Of it.
Soup is thought to be more digesti-
bic If it is eaten very slowly. Hold
each spoonful in the mouth for a
few seconds before swallowing. This
simple precaution has in many cases
enabled those who thought they
could not eat any kind Of soup D.
take il without bad e6ect. -Ne-
York Press.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-06
KIT CARSON.
The Pioneer Work Of the Famous Old
Frontiorsman.

Frontisrsman.
The last of the great frontiers
men in America was Christopher
Carson, better known as Kit Car
son. He was much the same type Of
man as Daniel Boone and Davy
Crockett-simple, brave and honest
with himself and with all men. Like
Boone and Crockett, he was both
feared and loved by the Indians,
and his fame as hunter and trap
per was known from the Columbia
river to the Rio Grande, through all
the Sierras and the Rocky noun
tains.
The field of his operations was
larger than that Of either Boone or
Crockett. They we're essentially
backwoodsmen, trained in the for
ests of Tennessee, Kentucky and
North Carolina. Kit Carson was
ranger Of the vast prairies and the
great mountains of the far west.
Where the two former travelled hun
dreds of miles Kit Carson Travelled
thousands, and where the former
had adventures with a few tribes
of Indians Kit Carson had dealings
and encounters with score, from
the fierce Apaches of northern
Mexico to the Comanches, Diggers,
| Utes and others of the north.
Boone led civilization to Ken.
tucky; Crockett led the way into
western Tennessee and later into
Texas, but Kit Carson was one OF
the first to blaze the way over the
Rockies and Sierras to the Colder
Gate. The places that Fremont ex.
plored Kit Carson had discovered
years before, and on all but one OF
the noted exploring expeditions Of
Fremont Kit Carson was the trust
ed guide and intimate friend. Thai
one exploring expedition which Xii
Carson did not guide was fraugh'
with terrible disaster and the mos'
awful suffering and hardships eve1
known by a party Of adventures il
the west since the days of Spanish
conquistadores.
Whenever Kit Carson accompa
MED an expedition it was usually
successful. His powers of endurance
were remarkable. He could 60 fol
days without food, but he always
kept moving toward his destination
whether across the heated and arit
deserts of Arizona or through tht
binding snow billiards and drift!
of the northern Sierras. He was +;
host in himself, and his presence al
ways inspired men who otherwise
would have given up in despair.
As hunter and trapper he prob
ably had no equal.-Boston Globe.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-06
Safe.

A Philadelphia boy and his Aunt
Adelaide, who were visiting rela-
tives at a country home, were one
day crossing a pasture together.
When they were halfway across
Aunt Adelaide noticed two oxen
and paused doubtfully.
'1'm not sure that it's prudent ia
60 past those oxen, Harry" she said,
whereupon Harry tightened his hold
on his aunts hand encouragingly.
fDon't be afraid Of the oxen,
auntie," said he. 'They won't hurt
us. The first time I came down here
I was afraid Of them. I didn't dare
to 60 back of them, and I didn't dare
60 in front Of them. But thought
Of way at last-I simply crawled
under them. m."-Harper's Weekly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-06

hearsal OF The ~1eomen OF the
Guard'' at the Savoy. A gentleman
of the chorus who had very minor
part made his entrance in a most
exaggerated manner, much to the
authors disgust.
tPlease don't enter like that -
said Gilbert. eve don't want any
comic man business here"
Il beg your pardon" )" replied the
abashed chorus gentleman. 81
thought you meant the part to be
funny"
eyes, so I do, but I don't want
you to tell the audience you're the
funny man. They'll find it out, il
you are, quickly enough"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-06
Alphonse karr ana tho Sea.

Many years ago a youthful man
of letters arrived at Etretat with a
letter of introduction to Alphonse
Karr. He lad been particularly told
of Karr's passionate love of the sea,
and, finding the author of Scene
We've" seated on the beach mending
a net, he Immediately began an
enthusiastic outburst of common
places about the grandeur of the
ocean.
Monsieur" interrupted Karr, II
love the sea. We have lived togeth-
er for a long time. But if you have
come all the way from Paris to dis
gust me with it can only say it is
q wicked thing to do"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-06
Different Routes,

Charles, aged four, had quarreled
with his sister Louise, aged six, and
relations were strained. With q
truly feminine touch Louise at last
said solemnly:
"Charles, you're a naughty boy.
If you keep on acting that way
you'll never 60 to heaven"
Don't want to-" answered the
boy with a bold front.
"What! Not want to 60 to heaven
along with mamma and sister,"
'Nop snapped the belligerent
Charles. sT've made arrangements
to go with papa."-Woman's Home
Companion.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-06
MEXICO CITY.
The Romantic Story Of lts Founding
by the Axtecs.

The Romantic Story Of Its Founding
by the Axtses.
The story of the founding Of the
City of Mexico is one of the most ex-
traordinary tales in history. It hap
pened in 1926; at least it began
long time before that, but was an
accomplished fact about 600 years
ago.
In the first place, imagine an al
most inaccessible mountain crowned
with valley at the height of 5000
feet above the level of the sea. In
the center Of this valley was an i'm
mense lake. When the Aztecs ar
rived, led by the priests Of the god
Of war, they found it in the posses
sion of hostile tribes.
For that reason and because the
priests declared that in a certain
part of the lake where there stood
an elevation of stones an eagle had
been devouring serpent they began
the construction of the city on this
spot, Immediately over the deepest
waters of the lake. There had long
existed a prophecy among the AZ
tees that their wanderings would
end when they should have reached
a place where the priests would be-
hold an eagle resting on a cactus
plant devouring a serpent.
Confident that they had found
the spot ordained to be their abiding
home, they began to construct RATS
of the trunks of trees, covering
them with thick layers Of earth, up
on which they built rude huts of
more or less solidity. Groups OF
dwellings soon began to form them
selves in regular order, thus deter
mining the primitive streets Of the
new city.
They also constructed boats and
oars Of different sizes useful in
peace and war, and while certain OF
their number occupied themselves
in defending their homes and breth-
rem from the onslaughts of hostile
tribes others continued to improve
and enlarge the city. Gradually the
lake was filled up, and terraces arose
one after another in the place once
occupied by the deep waters.
This was in itself a herculean
labor, unsurpassed in ingenuity and
durability by any similar work OF
ancient or modern times. Upon the
first of these terraces was construct
ed the Teocalli, or sacrifcial tenn,
pie. It was begun in 1916 and not
completed until 1926, little over
100 years, from which time may be
dated the official foundation Of TIE.
nochtitlan, today the modern City o1
Mexico.-Exchange.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-06
4 SALE or ANTIQUES
The Trick q Shrswd Dealer Played On
an Astute Banker.


an Astuts Banker.
A story told in the Memories Of
an Old Collector" makes clear the
tricks in trade to which an unscru-
pulous dealer in antiquities will re-
sort in order to get large sum for
his wares. The two parties we're
Alessandro Castellani, the clever
dealer, and Baron Adolph Roth
schild of Paris.
Castellani had managed to get
hold of a superb enameled ever, to-
gether with the dish on which it
stood. He knew that Baron Adolph
had a fancy for objects of this kind,
but he also knew that Rothschild
was never SO carried away by his
fancy as to pay more than was rea-
sonable for anything that pleased
him. Castellani devised a bit of
strategy.
The baron on arriving in Rome
visited Castellani's shop and was
shown the best things the dealer
had except the enameled dish and
ever. When everything else had
been inspected Castellani drew from
hidden cupboard the dish, but not
the ever. The baron Aas so pleased
with the dish that he agreed to buy
the lot Of which it was part, for
one of the customs Of the shop was
not to sell a rare specimen apart
from the group of which it formed
the principal object. The baron paid
heavily for the whole, lamenting
that there was no ever to stand on
the dish, and departed for Florence.
There he was visited by an agent
who told him of an old lady who
wished to sell several beautiful ma
jolica pieces. He visited her house
in the country and was disappointed.
As the majolica lady, seemingly cha
grined, left the room to order re-
freshments the baron saw through
the open door Of bedroom a ever
covered by a glass shade on which
rested wreath of immortelles.
When the lady returned the baron
asked permission to examine the
ever. It was brought out, and the
baron saw that the enamel was of
the same work as that of the dish
he had bought, but he wished to be
certain that the foot of the ever
would fit into the hollow of the
dish. He inquired the price of the
ever and was told by the lady that
it was not for sale, as it was the
only souvenir she possessed of her
husband.
The baron went back to his
rooms, had the dish unpacked and
found that the foot Of the ever fit
ted it perfectly. The next day the
baron sent the agent to offer the
old lady princely sum for the
ever. He brought back a refusal to
sell. But at last the widows scru-
Piles were overcome.
Castellani, with his italian cum
ming, had planned the whole affair.
The agent who called and the old
lady who was sentimental were his
aids in making the baron pay a
much larger sum than he would
have given had ever and dish been
sold together. The Italian shop
mans scheme had taken in one Of
the most astute of business men.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-06
The Kind.

A Sunday school superintendent
wanted to "show of" the inteli-
gence Of his pupils to q visiting
delegation on the platform, 50 he
smiled at the school and said:
'Now, children, tell our friends
here what kind Of people 60 to
heaven. Now, who can tell ?"
q can" said Tommy-"the dead
ones. Ladies Home Journal
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-06

4 - 0OSsObss ~ SsSV OOOOee
= young lady was spending some
weeks at ! Scotch country house,
md Just before dinner one evening
ewo cousins Of the host t-one Of
them the great man Of the family
arrived unexpectedly. Shortly be-
1oGs dinner was announced the but
- sought the young lady and said
- her confdentially:
Rsfe putin on yesterdays
q, for fear there shouldna
- en0ugh - maun decline.
DocIine soupis exclaimed the
osAg lady, much amnsed. @But,
e!n hao. John that Soaldn't b
4. IA 3S eoolly, ~but
'!ak : y ! - ~ y! ~. !.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-06
The senate on Tuesday after.
noon passed the Payne tariff bill.
and the president signed the bill
Immediately, making it a law.
Broke Her Arm.

This morning Mrs. A. J..
Hiltsmet met with painful acci.
dent. While attempting to throw
stone at dog she slipped and
fell, breaking her arm at the el-
bow. The fracture is painful
and quite serious one
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-06
Acting and ovsractina.

ut is a much simpler thing to
overact than to act" declares writ
er in the Yorkshire Post on "The
Amateur on the Stage" In this
connection, he adds, there is good
story told Of Sir w. s. Gilbert's re-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-06
LOCAL OVERFLOW

LOCAL OVERFLOW
Miss Bessie Douglas, of Mon
tevideo, is making visit to her
father, Clell Douglas OF this
place.
Miss Lauster of Big Stone
came up Wednesday to visit the
August Woitte family in Alban.
Miss Minnie Dueser has gone
on q two weeks visit to friends
at Watertown and Mankato.
Landlord Fairchild of the st.
Hubert, was a Twin Brooks Wis
itor Tuesday.
Della Backke of Benson, Mimi,
is visiting the G. H. Kim ball fam
lily in Vernon township.
Miss Kate Jones of Aberdeen.
arrived last Friday for a three
weeks visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ed. Jones.
The D. G. telephone ompany
is constructing a rural telephone
line south through Vernon town.
ship.
The evening service at the
Methodist church Sunday even
ing will be an out. Of door service
on the church premises.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. S, Rix and
daughter Doris left Wednesday
on q trip to Seattle and the Alas
ka-Yukon exhibition, and will be
absent three or four weeks.
The family of VIM. Koepke are
enjoying q visit from two of their
cousins, the Misses Zastrow, of
Beaver Dam, Wis, who come to
Dakota for summer outing.
Hugh Wood will leave for San
Raefel, CAL. next week where he
will enter the Hitchcock Military
school for the coming year, tax
ing preparatory course for en-
terlng Stanford university.
Miss Julia Day. of Appleton,
Wis, aud Miss Edna Day, of
Antigo. Wis, sister and niece of
Mrs. Nick Kelley, who had been
visiting the latter and her kins-
woman Mrs. w. w. Wilson, re
turned east on their homeward
journey last Tuesday.
Mrs. r. L. Nlchol, Mrs. A.
Nelson and Mr.. and Mrs. A. r.
Horton were called to Browns
Valley last Friday to attend the
funeral Of Q kinswoman, Mrs. Fl.
L. Burnett, who is known to q
number of our Milbank people
and was formerly Miss Julia
Ellington.
Col N. I. Lowthian and s. r.
Taylor have gone to Salt Lake
City TO attend the national en-
campment. q. A. r. Mrs. Van
Walker is one of the w. r. G..
delegates. from this state, and
has also gone. The party start
from Minneapolis with a special
car Of Minnesota delegates.
John "A. Munro and family OF
Wilmot and Mrs. r. L. Lachin.
sky and family Of Corona, return
ed from their eastern trip yester
day afternoon. Mr.. Munro and
son Kenneth went rs far east as
Nova Scotia, Mr.. Munro's boy
hood home, while Mrs. Munro
and Mrs. l. visited their child
hood home near Erie. Pa. They
report q most enjoyable trip, but
still think South Dakota looks
good.
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w. G. r. u.

The W. CT. U. will hold it's annu-
al meeting, Tuesday afternoon Aug.
10th, at 2:3O o'clock in the library
building. There will be election of
officers SO let every body be present.
SECRETARY.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
THE MAYORALTY

T the recall campaign meeting held
n last evening prominent speakers,
IA well qualified to discuss the sub
ject, showed the hollowness of the pre-
text that the election of George Alexan-
der could be vitiated by any conditions
which have attended or followed the
resignation of A. c. Harper. Mr.. Har-
per resigned under fire-in order to
avoid being recalled. At the time of
his resignation Mr.. Alexander had al
rdeady been nominated, and to the lay
mind it looks as if the law mind would
have a hard time to make it appear
that Mr.. Alexander has resigned from
his nomination by the people, or that
any steps have been taken to undo the
preparations that have been made for
the mayoralty election on March &C.
The matter is further simplified by
the patriotic attitude of Mayor Steph-
ems, who realizes and has from the first
maintained that he accepted office with
the distinct understanding that he was
to be regarded as an emergency
mayor" He had already refused to ac-
cept the nomination subsequently ten
dered to George Alexander and ac-
cepted by him, with the best wishes of
Mayor Stephens.
An attempt to cause embarrassment
by interposing objections alleged to be
founded on legal grounds would be
cause of annoyance and vexation to
Mayor Stephens, and would put him IN
an awkward predicament which would
be repugnant to a man of his high sense
of honor his devotion to duty, and his
fidelity to good citizenship.
Mayor stephens has rendered a most
remarkable public service to Los An
geles Indeed, his tenure of office VIII
become historic, and will be referred
to as an example of what may be ex-
pected from American citizenship at
its best. No one who knows Mr.. Steph-
ems was ever at any time guilty of be-
lieving he would allow himself to be
used by the spiteful pro-vice and pro-
Harper gang, and by the enemies OF the
recall.
The legality of the recall election was
never questioned excepting by the
foiled and baff1ed enemies of Los An
geles: who were animated not by
friendship for Mr.. Stephens, but by
spiteful desire to make trouble.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
CONSOLIDATION

P. FLEMING, secretary of the
~ harbor commission, says the
IA consolidation committee will
consist of men of the highest character
devoted to the interests of Los Angeles
and free from corporationism Every
member will have the confidence of the
community and the respect of the
citizens of Wilmington and San Pedro
With such committee every element
that might possibly initiate against the
success of consolidation will be elm
mated. With a committee that will in
spire confidence, the work of consolida-
ton will be carried along to a success
full completion. Los Angeles and San
Pedro united will form one of the
greatest and finest municipalities in the
west. The outlook for both will be en-
larged, and the career of Greater Los
Angeles will be one of national i'm
portance.
Among the reasons why the rest of
the country, and particularly the
greater cities of the east, have been
taking a keen interest in the big clean
up of Los Angeles officialdom is this:
They realize it's Importance to the ma
ton OF Los Angeles and its harbor CITY,
and they can foresee that with good
government the progress of Greater Los
Angeles will be of immense advantage
to sill the great territory of which it
will be the capital, while the develop
ment of a maritime trade and COM
he nf
this section of North America.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
TELEGRAPH

A n instance of the immense power
"a and Importance of public utilities
IA is afforded by the fact that a
telegraphers' strike can seriously en-
barrass France. There is no trade or
industry or occupation of human life
and activity which is not dependent,
more or less, whether consciously or
unconsciously, on the telegraph system.
In countries where the government
owns the telegraph. and where the
operators are government employees,
these employees form a powerful class
and there are easily imaginable con-
ditions under which they could
seriously embarrass a government or
interfere with the success of an ad-
ministration.
At the same time a general strike Is
rare, while the service under govern
mental conditions is cheap and good.
Government ownership of the telegraph
service would add greatly to the num-
Der of appointments under the civil
service. Citizens of the United States
read about conditions in other coun-
tries where telegraphing is cheap ana
is used as a matter of course by every
body. In such countries the people
hardly can realize conditions under
which telegraph facilities are not as
accessible as postoff1ce facilities.
1t is hard for residents of countries
where government telegraph is an old,
old story to realize that in the great,
free North American Republic there
exist and are maintained with the
reverential awe bestowed on an estab-
lished institution conditions with re-
gard to telegraphing which are obso-
lete in older countries. America is sub
ject to the criticism of being In the
flying machine age with regard to some
matters of Importance for the puollc
good, and of being in the stage coach
age with regard to others hardly less
important.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
Mayor OF a City Should Be
Model Man, Says Minister

dared him to do his worst. In one night
he caused the arrest of 1000 onenders
against the law, and later sent at least
one member of the common council 10
jail.
Nov, it is no use to say that what
has been done In Worcester ana IN
Pittsburg cannot be done In Springfield
or Los Angeles. 1t Is an insult 10 the
city of which we are SO proud. IL Is
an insult to the citizenship OF SPRING
field to say that we must forever put
UP with men of low ideals and worse
morals, 1t Is the worst heresy an
American can utter. 1t is doubling the
very basic principle of democracy 10
say that the people cannot be trusted
with their own government. Men OF
the highest type can be found in every
city, but the mass of citizens must back
them. We need moral character and
energy of action in the average voter
as much as in our political leaders,
Indifference is the curse of American
citizenship, both In politics and in re-
ligion,
How does the boss win? BY work,
by organization, by patience and devo-
ton and courage. The same qualities
should characterize the good citizenship
of the country. There should be good
government clubs In every precinct.
There should be loyal and patriotic
citizens who will work for high ideals
and civic righteousness as earnestly as
the boss works for low ideals and cor
ruption. The city calls today for men
to serve her."