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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-24

The big girl held the boy by the
hand as they peered in. The man, un.
prepared for this complication,
watched them, troubled, uncertain.
and Immediately the boy spoke In q
full, sweet voice
He's not talkin', Alice" the boy
said. Lets go back-Fd rather 60
to bed"
But the girl stepped forward, warily
poised, yet determined, and drew her
brother. Maybe he doesn't know it's
u.s." she said. "T don't want to 60
back till see." She dropped the boys
hand and was at the door of the box.
stall. Niger" she whispered. Mig
ger" and the horse whinnied and
turned his head toward her.
The boy had followed, stumbling
across the floor Maybe he doesn't
know it's Christmas" he suggested
Let's sing carol SO he'll remem.
ber."
They sang 1t and they were SILENT
waiting. Niger shifted softly, then
whinnied.
Benny's slow speech began coaA
ingly:
I had a little pony
His name was Dapple Gray;
l lent him to a lady
He halted, listening "T thought
maybe he'd like that because it's
about horse. | thought it would in.
terest him." Benny explained, and
proceeded as if by force of inertia:
Goosey, goosey gander.
Whittier do you wander
Upstairs
Alice interrupted That hasn't got Q
single thing to do with Christmas,
Benny"
but it's on the next page" Benny
argued stOlidly.
Alice was firm. 1T isn't the right
kind of poetry-it ought to be sort OF
churchy and religious, because Mig
gers a clergymans horse and it's
Christmas Eve"
Maybe he's afraid" she said, In q
disappointed tone, yet still hopeful
Benny, say the verse about Fear not
to him-that might make him not be
afraid"
The unseen audience listened as
Benny, personal---very., as man to man.
recited a hymn to Niger
Fear not"
urged Benny
Fear not" said He for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind.
"Glad tidings OF great JOY I bring
To you and all mankind"
.Glad tidings of great joy!" The
young man in the straw sat quiet and
listened.
Whatever encouragement for beasts
might be in a Christmas hymn. Benny
meant to extend it to Niger. Un.
hurried, with the sleepy note Of .
bird going to roost, his piping voice
plodded on, telling tale which he did
not doubt. With the full angel song
he ended:
All glory be to God on high.
And on the earth be peace.
Goodwill henceforth from Heaven -
men
Begin and never cease.
Peace! Goodwill"
There was a stir In the empty stall.
but the children did not hear It. From
& mile away down the road came
family a sound of hoof-beats. and
Niger blew out an agitated breath
and whinnied again gently. It was
very quiet. Alice and Benny. stand
ing patient, thrilled suddenly a. .
strange, hoarse voice issued from the
darkness.
Merry Christmas. children!" the
voice said.
The girl clutched the boys shoul-
der. "He's talkin'-Nigger's talkin',"
Benny announced. interested but Inn
perturbed.
(TO BE CoNTINUEnl
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lesson. My God! I've learned my les.
lon. I'll work hard and earn my life
and I'll send back this three thousand
to Sidney Maxwell with my first sa.
wings. will. Jove-it's q straight
road-it's chance IN a million for
a man at the last gasp. I'd be a COW.
ardly fool not to take it-and after all
I'm just borrowing-not stealing. I'll
send Il back sure as fate"
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to the thin old horse and the hungry
old COW and heard them grieving for
the poverty of their master and mis-
'tress and heard them speak of the Sc
cret which, If the beasts might have
speech to tell it, would make every
thing right; how Hans went in boldly
then and gave the animals his break
fast, and asked them to tell him the
secret; how they told him, in unused.
rusty voices, that beneath the empty
stall of the stable was treasure of
gold, buried thousand years before
by the Romans. which would make
his mother and father richer than
they could dream; and how just then
the bells of the distant village rang
for Christmas morning, and the poor
beasts were dumb again, and Hans
went back to his bed and waited for
daylight to tell his father and moth
Ter. who dug for the treasure and
found it and were happy with the
horse and COW, and rich ever after.
The story ended and the children
were quiet. as if listening, thrilled, to
those stammering hoarse tones of the
good brutes in the chilly stable
"Now, chickens, you must go to
your roosts," the mother broke their
dream, and her words ended in sigh.
Father! it's too bad to have him left
out of Christmas Eve, isn't it?"
"Yes, 1t is," agreed Benny sturdily.
"Nobody can say Peaceful Was the
Might 'cept father. It's too
bad for father he had to go
to the thing-ma-jig's funeral" +"
and, being Christmas Eve. Benny went
unreproved for the description of his
'greatuncle.
"Father'll be home before morning,
won't he?" asked the girl, and went
on. 'Oh, I remember. You said some
time in the night, but we can't tell
when, cause the trains get late Well,
i hope he'll be here in the morning
when we wake up. 1t wouldn't be
christmas without father; would 1t,
.mother?"
II can't bear to have him out so
late" the little woman said and her
tones were troubled. She went on as
II thinking aloud-a way she had
with her big babies. Father isn't
well-he ought to go SOUTH wish he
could CO." and Benny answered In
strong baby tones:
"Oh, he can't go, mother. We have
not got money enough-you said we
hadn't"
/ mo, dear, we haven't" she sighed;
and the girl shook her name of hair
back thoughtfully.
IT wish I could And lot of money
like Hans, for father" she said.
The fascination of the freight as
the children lay in their beds. their
mother gone, held the drowsy eyes
open. The girl, the more aggressive,
the more imaginative of the two, went
back, with thought working it's way
In her mind, to the story which had
. hold on both, the story of how two
dumb brutes may talk once a year oD
C6fistmas Eve.
do you believe it's true, Benny?"
she consulted her brother Mother
didn't say It wasn't, you know"
Then it's true, and believe it's
true" said Benny stoutly. I'm glad
they can. know Niger would enjoy
. talking. He looks like he wanted to
talk when he sQueals, and he sQueals
words sometimes. I heard him say
corn bread one day"
Alice lifted her brown head from
the PILLOW and leaned on one elbow
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"Dr. Harding took you home to
lunch that day." the boy whispered,
"and the trout was cooked. and they
made an event Of It."
well. what OF that?" the man an
swered the memory aloud. I'm not
going to hurt DR.. Harding, am II"
He won't give up what he has set
himself to guard"
The big fellow spoke again grimly:
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grown successfully up to the sixtieth
parallel and in the years to come your


parallel and in the years to come your
vacant land will be taken at a rate
of which you have at present no con-
ception. We have enough people in
the United States alone, who want
homes, to take up this land
What you must do in Western Can
ada is to raise more live stock. When
you are doing what you ought to do
in this regard, the land which Is now
selling for 500 per acre will be worth
from $50 to 500 pre- acre. 1t is as
good land as that which is selling for
more than 500 per acre in the corn
belt.
81 would rather raise cattle in West.
ern Canada than in the corn belt Of
the United States. You can get your
food cheaper and the climate is bet
ter for the purpose. We have a bet
ter market, but your market will i'm
prove faster than your farmers will
produce the supplies. Winter wheat
can be grown in one-half Of the coun-
try through which | have passed, and
alfalfa and one Of the varieties OF
clover in three-fourths Of it. The
farmers do not believe this, but 1t Is
true"
Keeping pace with wheat produc-
ton, the growth OF railways has been
quite as wonderful, and the whole
country from Winnipeg to the Rocky
Mountains will soon be a network OF
trunk and branch lines. Three great
transcontinental lines are pushing
construction in every direction. and
at each siding the grain elevator Is
to be found. Manitoba being the
first settled province, has now an ele-
vatOr capacity of upwards Of $4,000, 900
bushels, Saskatchewan 100000, and
Alberta about 100000 while the ca
pacity Of elevators at Fort William
and Port Arthur, on the Great Lakes,
is upwards Of 20,000000 more.
Within the provinces of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta there are
-four and oatmeal mills with a COM
bined capacity of $4,000 barrels per
day, and situated along some famous
water powers in New Ontario, there
are larger mills than will be found
anywhere in the Prairie Provinces.
Last year the wheat crop totaled
over 100,000,000 bushels. This year
the crop will yield 3O,0OO,0O0 more. A
recent summary shows that on the 1st
Of January. 1909, the surveyed lands
of the three western provinces, totaled
194,000O00 acres, of which about 32,-
100000 have been given as subsidies to
railways, ll,JJJ.VVV disposed OF IN 9th
er ways and 100000 given by the
Canadian Government as free home
steads, being 236,OOO homesteads Of
100 acres each. OF this enormous ter
ritory, there is probably under crop
at the present time less than 11000,-
600 acres; what the results will be
when wide awake settlers have taken
advantage Of Canada's offer and are
cultivating the fertile prairie lands,
one can scarcely imagine.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-24

A dealer sold imitation Spearmint
HIS customer gave it to friend The
dealer lost his customer. The Gus
toner lost his friend
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-24

what young man earns in the day
time goes into his pocket, but what he
spends in the evening goes into his
character.-Dr Cuyler.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-24
Just Like Him.

Howell-Do you think that DR.. Row.
ell will make much of a record in the
legislature?
Powell-Sure; the first thing he
will try to do will be TO perform an
operation on the foot of the calendar
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-24

More life to that flavor than any
gum l have ever tasted"
WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-24

or course it was an old bachelor
who said that love was hatched in an
incubator and raised in an insane asy.
lum.
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Do NOT ACCEPT A SUBSTITUTE
when you want Perry Davis Pankiller as noth,r.
is as GOOD Tor rheumatism. neuralgia and simila,
troubles. Wyears in constant use. 25c Xc and -
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It's easy for a woman to paint q
pretty face-if she has one.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
CHINA AND JAPAN.

The remark which Prince Ito is reported to
have made, that the Chinese question is the most
serious and important with which Japan has to
deal in the near future, attracts renewed atten-
ton to the relations between the two great
Mongoan nations and the increasing unlike
Iihood of their cooperation close alliance, In
all the gloomy visions. some of them imperial, of
the yellow peril the central object, without
which there would have been nothing worth
notice has been united China and Japan, or at
least awakened China under Japan's control and
the world has been invited TO consider what
would happen if the hundreds OF millions OF
Chinese were TO be inspired with Japan's mill
tarlsm and were TO march to conquest under
Japan's leadership.
That suggestion was formidable, but it was
unfounded. Instead, it is Increasingly evident
that there VIII be 10 union alliance, no CO.
operation between the two powers but rather a
continuance of the jealousy and antipathy which
have existed for uncOunted centuries. An in
teresting indication of this is seen in the with
drawal of Chinese students from Japan. 4 few
years ago, just after the Russo-Japanese War,
there were between fifteen thousand and twenty
thousand young Cinnamon studying in Japan
under official commission. They were carefully
selected from the highest classes of Chinese So
ciety, and the expectation was that they would
learn the arts of Japan, and especially the Sc
crets OF her military ana political achievements.
so as TO be able on their return home 10 impart
them to their countTymen and TO leaven the
whole lump of China with the spirit of Japan.
All this seemed plausible and probable But
now nearly all the students have withdrawn
from Japan and gone home They have done so
not on their own volition, but at the instance
of the Chinese government which has recalled
them. The Chinese Empire is under the sway of
a national movement which has led 10 the TAX
ing over of railroads and other great works
from foreign. corporations and the ownership and
mana cement of them by the Chinese themselves,
and it is as i part of this movement that the
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
sFOVOPL4NES AND BTPLANES.

N. Bleriot's recent performance raises at least
one interesting question: Is an aeroplane wits
one surface likely TO prove as satisfactory in
every way as an aerOplane with two? With
some notable exceptions, those who have at
tempted flight with heavier than-air apparatus
have until recently shown a preference for
two-story machine. Lilienthal, the great pioneer
in such ventures. began with one plane and
ended with two. Maxim, who abandoned eX
periments after he had clearly demonstrated
the feasibility of fight with no other sustaining
agency than outstretched surfaces, seems to
have adopted two at the very start. Besides
the Wrights several other designers have fol-
lowed these precedents pretty closely. Among
them are Farman, who came to this country
last summer and the NOslns, well known man
ufacturers of aeroplanes in France. For long
time almost the only persons whose opinions
were entitled to respect who showed faith in the
monoplane were Langley and Santos-Ddmont
The work of the late secretary of the Smith
sonian Institution was interrupted by an I'M
toward accident. and possibly his choice of one
surface should not be accepted representing
his final Judgment. SThe young Brazilian who
had so large a share in the development Of the
dirgible balloon did so little with the other
type of airship that his example has practi-
cally no value. Until this year the only flights
which could be pronounced successful with
heayler-than-a1F machines were maze WITH aeIo-
planes modelled after Lilienthal's latest ones.
In respect to speed the monoplanes Of Bleriot
and Latham are apparently the equals Of the
Wright machine Beriot, like the Wrights, has
shown his ability to take a companion with
him, although he had none when crossing the
English Channel. The load which aero
plane can carry, however, as well as its maxi
mum velocity depends on the capacity or its
engines Without definite information regard
ing the horsepower developed by the motors
of the foreign aeroplanes which have at
tracted so much attention in the last few days
those airships cannot fairly be compared with
the one now having its trials at Fort Myer. 1t
is admitted that the wings of the BleriOt and
AntOinette machines-Latham used the one last
mentioned-lack the rigidity of those of the
Wright machine, and one seems 10 he able
as yet TO say authoritatively that this charac-
teristic may not prove an unfortunate one. Or
vile Wright, too. believes that his aeroplane is
under better control than Bleriots. Here, then,
are several uncertainties which must he dis
PEELED before ii be determined whether the
superior ligftness of the monOplane is not more
than counterbalanced by its faults. This years
tests will throw a good deal of light on the
question.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Speaking Of the waste OF natural resources. the
recently announced effort to restock the Delaware
River with sturgeon leads The Philadelphia North
American to remind lovers OF that hsh that in
1855 the sturgeon catch OF the Delaware was more
than six million pounds. Five years later II was
three million pounds Now It IS nothing. Caviar
hunters took sturgeon relentessly With roe selling
at s. a pound. the mother FISH had no chance to
lay her eggs. The was taken and the carcass
four hundred pounds Of good food. flung back 10
poison the river or sold for few cents as fer
tlizer When sturgeon plentiful beef was IL
cents pound. The fish were destroyed and now
beef has gone up to 26 and 80 cents a pound And
this is only one instance There are no fatted
calves for prodigal nations,
Battershy came across this interesting item in
the household department: II men would answer
their wives kindly and courteoysy when asked for
MONEY IL is undoubtedly true that the amount
e @ 6s6abd ~6q nGt epy Gy Was sry and
Battersby read this item over twice 10 make sure
George she said. Il want some money"
YES. my dear he pleasantly remarked. 'and
how much do you want
II said wanted some money.
This time she spoke with much distinctness.
And / asked you how much you wanted" Bat
tersby merry reminded her
FIFTY dollars" she snapped.
Rattersby almost tainted He had imagined she
was after s. and that his genial tone would cut
But he handed over the nifty without further
ado-and then tore the misleading item into infni-
/ tesimal fragments.-Cleveand Plain Dealer.
A member of the Georgia Legislature having In
troduced a bill to penazo the playing of baseball
or football at any school college chartered in
that state 1.-The Memphis Commercial-Ap
takes occasion TO remark that THE prize OF bale
of hay to the legislator who makes the biggest
Of himself naturally and without dispute goes this
year to the State OF Georgia"
Votes for women!' shrieked the suffragette
That's what want In Europe to-day women
are harnessed to ploughs, Votes for women"
why not oats for women suggested the mere
male creature.-Puck.
A movement which will meet a welcome
among housekeepers and commission merchants is
that which the international Apple Shippers Asso
citation will take up at its forthcoming meeting in
Buffalo 1t is bring about the Standardization
and barrels in which fruits and vegetables
packed and is along the lines of bills prepared
for introduction in Congress. There is good
son why there should not be uniformity In weights
and measures throughout the country. 1t Is held.
and there a hope that will be brought about
by law, strictly enforced
Not dressed yet?" he said in mild surprise
he entered his wfes boudoir. No" she snapped.
They've never sent my Dress and I've literally
nothing | can wear. l can't possibly go to the
dered moment, until an idea struck him. You
miPht-you might take BATH, he suggested And
yet they say some husbands think of their
wives.-London Sporting Times.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
About People and Social Inciden,

the following officers for the ensz1,nz
dent. George B. de Forest; secretarz - ~
urer. General ]. Fred Pferson; exee,-.-s- a1a -.
tee. r. l. Gammell. Ogden Mills aDs :. Nr'aa.
Thayer.- snass
Reginald C. Vanderbilt has return.s
Shore. Long Island.
Registered at the Casino to-day wer.
lander, Mrs Herbert Parsons, Mrs. yTT.. Ca
son. H. de Sincay. OF Paris; EIAs = r1,,s n
Lenox, who is a guest Of Colonel ana u--
Willard, and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles 8. pr~--
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish ars -.
Newport on Thursday.
]. Pierpont Morgan is expected IA ,...
here this week &
Paul J. Rainey and a party OF guA.,. -,
New York to-day on the steam YACHT su-,
Co1essl c. l. F. Robinson while aJ,ys.s-
his automobile recently Vrenehed oas - - =
and he is confined to his sumner houna - -
days Philip A. Clarke has recorersa =. y
slight illness
Mr. and Mrs Charles 3. Hoffman ar.
from abroad this week sss
and Mrs. Conde Mast.
Robert n. Chanler Is guest OF Hovar. a -.
ing Mr. and Mrs Allen Marquana ara -
the Rev and Mrs Roderick Terry
Commodore James has chartered ths
Mirage. and ]. Stewart Barney the Duess.. .
George Henry Warren and Henry q. u.r-.
have returned to Newport
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
tFrom The Tribune Bureau.I

1,,.sb,ruton Jn,v 2sLThe President gave the
s,eater mart of this morning TO tariff conferences
and after luncheon Senators Smoot ana warren
snent an hour with him in the White House
This fight is not over said senator brlSto"
after a half hours talk with the President TINS
morning mo fight settled wrong is ever ended
1t will continue to be an issue Senator Aidricil
had no figures to show the differences IN cost OF
production abroad and at home, and the Whoe taIlll
revision mas been one OF guesswork entirely The
whole trouble about the revision so far Is that II
has not been done on the proper basis. protective
tariff from the view of many Senator's is one oased
on the difference between the cost of production at
home and abroad. II that Is used as OASIS We
will not have this bill anything Ike it,
Representative Douglas sad II told the PRESIDENT
he need not give any thought TO having to veto the
tariff bill: that the House was with him and would
repudiate any sure which he did not set his
stamp. The plain truth is that President Taft, the
House and the country back of Representative
Payne in his demands In conference and that ought
to encourage him in his duties"
Vice President Sherman took breakfast at the
White House to-day and went over the tariff situa-
ton with the President. Senator Frye and Repre-
sentative Dwight were also IN conference with Mr.
Taft this morning the tariff
The Pesdent will attend the meeting OF the Allan
tic Deeper Waterways Association. which will be
in session from November II to % in Norfolk. Mr..
Taft accepted the Invitation to-day from Senator
Simmons. Representatives Small Moore and May
nard and ex-Representative Burton. OF Delaware
The callers handed to the President letters Of inv
tation from Governor Swanson Of Virginia, Mayor
Rddick OF Norfolk and various business organiza-
tions OF Norfolk The President said he would be
in Norfolk on November 10 and would pay a visit
10 the Hampton Institute on the following day.
Walter H. Page, of New York. luncheon
guest at the White House to-day and Senator
Bourne dinner guest.
In reply to a telegram of inquiry the President
received word from Cincinnati to-day that Judge
J. w HerrCn's condition serious Judge
Heron is the father of Mrs. Taft
The Presidents callers included Senator's Crane
and Burton. Representatives Bennett Kusterman
Gillett and Barnard.
The President spent the afternoon on the golf
links and then went 70 Fort Myer to see the flight
of the Wright aeroplane.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
SHATTERED ILLUSIONS.

The organizers Of the -janitors' union, in de-
scribing the guardians Of office and apart
ment buildings as slaves instead Of cZars, have
struck a smashing blow at one Of our fondest
urban traditions. No popular notion is more
rooted among the city bred than that the jaGitor
is a real over-lord. monarch Of all he surveys,
from the sub-basement where the tenants
trunks are stored to the roof where his weekly
wash is allowed to faunt itself to the breezes-
Yet if the union organizers are right, the jani-
tors are mild and humble race, not in the
least puffed up with the consciousness Of soy
ereignty, long-suffering and apologetic buffers
between the captious lessee and the exacting
landlord.
Pretty soon ali our local images of potency
and autOcracy may be shattered The awesome
janitor is off his pedestal. Who Will try to CON
vince us next that we have also mistakenly
bowed down to the princey floor walker, the
majestic head waiter, or that first cousin Of
localized omnipotence, the Tammany district
leader?