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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-09
PERiLs OF THE POSTWAR.
Difficulties Under Which Letters Are
Distributed In Various Regions.
(Harpers Weeklyl


(Harper's Weekly
There are parts Of the world where
the task of the letter carrier is actu-
ally attended with serious danger, and
where he not infrequently loses his
life in the line, Of duty.
In Switzerland there exist several
postoffices at height Of 1000 or more
feet. There is a letter box on the
very summit of the Vanguard, from
which four collections are made daily.
The box is nearly 10000 feet above
sea level. Here, some few years ago.
three letter carries were crushed to
death by an avalanche. In a neighbor-
ing tanton, in the summer of 1903, a
postman fell into a crevasse while
crossing a glacier, his two full bags
on his back. All efforts to recover
either the body or the mails were of
no avail. But, few years thereafter,
the glacier gave up it's prey many
miles lower down the valley, and the
long-lost letters we're delivered to as
many of the addresses as could be
traced.
Another danger to which the Swiss
letter carrier is exposed is attack by
huge, fierce eagles that soar hungrily
above the least frequented passes.
Usually the men are able to beat of
their feathered assailants, but not al.
ways.
In India the letter carrier has his
troubles in the for moi snakes. In one
year alone, it is estimated, no fewer
than 1876 carriers met their death
through being bitten by poisonous
snakes. A trifie of twenty-seven or SO
were killed and eaten by tigers and
other wild beasts.
A camel postmah of the Sahara him
terland is another who needs lots of
nerve, inasmuch as the wild tribes
men Of the desert regard him as their
4 AoSuioi piCy oO IudI IL Iudy Dc odlu
he never knows, when he sets out in
the morning, whether he will reach his
destination at night. But he pursues
the even tenor of his way, regarding
an ambush by spearmen as a part OF
the ordinary routine incident to his
job.
Mail deliveries in thinly-settled re-
gions Of the East are in some cases
as primitive as possible. In Japan the
rural postrunner still swings his bas
kets across his shoulders, precisely as
his ancestors did long ago. In Formo
sa, also, the mails are carried to this
day by man on foot, who joys along
with paper lantern and an umbrella
In Siberia, except along the lines O.
railway, reliance is had on post sledg
es; and there are places where more
than two deliveries a year would be
exceptional.
In China, in the interior, except il
a few districts, there is no regular
letter delivery, and consequently nj
postman. But many Of the mandarin.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-09
Wife Win spauk.

Pfttsburg. Pa---4homas Wilson of
Carnegie cannot spank hts chila any
more. Whenever any correction 10
necessary his wife will perform the
act. This point was decided By Judge
John q. Haymaker. In criminal court.
the other day. Mrs Wilson preferred
: charge At assault and battery
agalnnt her husband and Informed ~
espSt ~ he had abnsed their child.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-09

CAPUDINE for THAT HEADACHE"
Out last night? Headache and ner.
vous this morning? icks' Capudine
just the thing to fit you for business.
Clears the head-braces the nerves.
Try It. At drug stores
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-09

and taotais maintain unofficial serv-
ices Of their own. keeping their run
ners up to the mark by the simple ex-
|pedient Of occasionally beheading q
|laggard or two.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02
BRUTES Her PUPILS.
Girl on a New Jersey Farm Who
Trains Dull Animals.
winona Won Obi Has Done Wonders
with Domestic Horned Cattle U.s.
ally Considered stupid-conquers
Vicious Young Bull.

New York:-On a small farm about
two miles from Plainfield, N. j., lives
young woman who is among the
most remarkable educators in Ameri-
ca. She teaches animals, preferably
dull ones supposed to have little brain
development. She is not profession
al trainer. She simply does it for her
own amusement. She has accomp-
llshed some things - especially with
horned domestic cattle, which are con-
sldered the most stupid of all domes-
tic animals-that have been thought
impossible hitherto even by profess
SIGNALS.
Her name is Winona Won Oil. She
was born and brought up on great
cattle ranch in New Mexico. She and
her mother moved to Plainfield two
or three years ago. 1t was not long
before the news began to get about
of the odd things this girl had taught
her pets to do. An ever-increasing
number of visitors has been the result.
Now there is hardly a day but auto.
mobile parties run out to the farm
from the various towns for ten or
twenty miles around to see If it is true
that Miss Won Ohl's horse can hold a
whip in his teeth and crack it, or that
a bull will stand on its hind legs and
waltz, or that her calf will indulge in
all sorts of monkeyshines.
Cheerfully and obligingly she puts
her pets through their PAGES. The
mild-eyed but Misunderstanding lit.
tel calf is brought out, and is made
to do all the tricks that highly
trained clown dog could An educated
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02
PAINT DURABILITY.

The first thought in painting should,
OF course, be durability-and dura.
bility means simply pure paint prop
.erly applied. Pure paint is pure
white lead and linseed oil with or
without tinting materially.
Some years ago the paint.buyer was
likely to get adulterated or counter
felt white lead if he was not familiar
with brands. To-day he may buy
with perfect safety if he only makes
sure that the Dutch Boy Painter
trademark is on the packages OF
white lead that he buys, This trade.
mark was adopted by National Lead
Company to distinguish the pure
white lead made by them from the
worthless adulterated and fake goods.
1t is a guarantee as valuable to the
HORSEPOWER as the education Of q
paint expert could be.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02

completed and dedicated to the mem
ory of the man whose goodly deeds it
so grandly commentaries.
Duxbury, or "Duxborrow," as Cant.
Myles himself was wont to refer to the
place, dedicated the monument on July
81. 1t was happy day in Duxbury.
Distinguished orators acclaimed the
virtues of the country's first great
white chief. in the Unitarian church
building, banquet was served to hun
cry celebrators at the town hall, and,
of course, Captains Hill, with it's i'm
posing granite shaft, surmounted by
Kelly's statue Of Standish, was the
mecca for all attendants.
Down under the brow of Captains
Hill and on the premises of Lawyer
Horace G.. Allen of Boston stands the
ever memorable and much-bepictured
Alexander Standish house, one of the
most ancient dwellings of all New
England.
Another and most important men,
Der of this Standish trio of Duxbury
shrines, is what is supposed to be the
site of the old hero's grave, in the
towns Oldest cemetery, near Nor
toms hole" which was located be-
tween the two localities that are now
known as Bayleys and Halls corners
John Alden, his wife Priscilla and
all the old settlers of the town lie
buried in the old cemetery between
Halls and Bayleys corners.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02

raccoon vaults on the Calls back and
gallops about with all the eclat of "a
bareback rider In a circus. A once
vicious bull does equine high school
tricks, and SO on. The calf and the
bull are the star performers. No one
ever has been able to teach such ami
mails to do Stunts" before.
It has been tradition among train
ers that 1t is impossible to educate
domestic horned cattle to do tricks.
Miss Won Oil decided to experiment
with the toughest subject she could
find. She let it be known that she
wanted to buy the most dangerous
that was obtainable for miles about
Plain1eld. Much to her Joy she heard
of one whose owner was going to kill
Shim because of his superlatively ugly
temper He was between two and.
three years old. and had gored three
men. 1t was the same with this
vicious animal that it had been with!
the horses she had tanned on the range,
years before. Surlily and unwillingly
at first he yielded TIC the dominance
that he could not understand. Miss;
Won OIL got him this spring. To-day,
with her, he is as gentle and as clever
! at doing quickly and intelligently the
unusual things he has been taught as
is docile and well-trained horse He
poses on barrels and pedestals, lies
down and rolls over at the word Of
command, Waltzes, and so on. Even
yet, though, his evil nature will flare
up for an instant, but 1T needs only a
word from his trainer to make him
obedient again.
One of this bulls most remarkable
tricks, considering his vicious record
of three men gored and tossed with
his sharp horns, Is when he rolls his
trainer over and over on the ground
Miss Won Obi lies on the grass, pre-.
tending to be asleep. The bull ap.
proaches and literally roots and noses
her across the turf seeming to derive
great enjoyment from rolling her over
and over and finally seeing her awake.
His horns are only four or five inches
long, but are sharp as needles. With
an animal Of this description, the ex-
perts say, this particular trick is a
shade more dangerous than any that
is attempted in the lions or tigers
cages by the exhibitors OF, those great
cat animals. Another thing this bull
does is to pick up his teacher and
carry her. He grabs her clothing with
his strong teeth and marches along
with her for q dozen yards and then
carefully let's her down to the ground.
i Miss Won Ohl's first notable achieve.
1ment in training stupid animals was
some years ago, when she taught a
herd Of 20 mules to do some remarka-
BILE tricks, Horses have been trained
to do all sorts Of things from time i'm
memorial, but mules are credited with
having small brains and of invariably
misapplying what little intelligence
they possess. It was while she was
living on the ranch that she taught
the mules Ks
MISS Won OIL Is still In her twenties.
ss;i Il - handsome IN 8 sirUuK, fear.
less WY.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02
Mildred Alice Bates.

three years and six months ago, the
daughter OF Maud E.. Bates and Hon.
Thomas H. Bates, formerly of Cali
fofnta, now resident of Massachu-
sets.
Mr.. Bates owns small farm in the
town of Pembroke, which he cultivates
every summer and where his family at
present reside.
Miss Mildred evinced a strong in
clination to assist in the planting of
the garden. When the time arrived
for the dropping Of the seed and 20
humor her childish within her grand.
mother, who, by the way, is prac-
tical farmer, set apart small strip
of the garden after the blowing and
narrowing had been done, for the
child's special benefit. She was fur
nished with a small hoe, rake and
spade, garden trowel and a variety Of
seed, supplemented each day with a
lesson in practical gardening, all to
good advantage, for the "A feet square
of ground she. has had absolute con
troll of and which she insisted she
should be entirely alone in the cult
walton of has yielded most abundantly.
Peas were ready for the table on
June 90
The potatoes, corn and beans, plant
ed with her own hands, show remark
able Development enough to make
the larger garden look 9 poor second
in the race. zss9 81
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02
Gender.

The other evening Miss Y, a maiden
lady of uncertain years, suspecting
the cook was entertaining her beau
downstairs, called Martha and in
quired whether she did not hear some
one talking with her.
"Oh, no. ma'am," cried the quick
witted Martha: "it was only me sing
ing psalm"
Very good" returned Miss T. sig
nificantly; you may amuse yourself
with psalms, but let's have no hims."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02
FIRST SOLDIER is HoNoREb
Memorial SHAFT to Myles standish to
Be Dedicated In puxbury,
Mass, His Home.

Boston.-plymouth may claim Inn
perlshable fame, in the aggregate.
from the Leyden pilgrims, but Dux-
bury Appropriates the individual
Myles Standish, the first soldier Of
New England" as all its own For in
Duxbury the doughty commander of
the military forces of Plymouth colony
made his home and there, it is alleged,
is his grave.
The glory of the town to-day is the
Standish monument, some time to be
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02
1T. WORKS
The laborer Eats Food That Would
Wreck an Office Man.

Men who are actively engaged at
hard work can sometimes eat food
that would wreck man who is more
closely confined.
This is illustrated in the following
story:
Il was for - years clerk in store
working actively and drank coffee all
the time without much trouble until
after ] entered the telegraph service.
There got very little exercise and
drinking strong coffee, my nerves
were unsteady and my stomach got
weak and was soon very sick man.
1 quit meat and tobacco and In fact I
stopped eating everything which /
thought might affect me except coffee.
but still my condition grew worse. and
was all but a wreck.
finally quit coffee and com.
menced to use Postum a few years
ago, and am speaking the truth
when say, my condition commenced
to improve Immediately and today I
am well and can eat anything / want
without any bad effects, all due to
shifting from coffee to Postum.
s. = told my wife today + believed i
could digest brick Il had cup Of
postum to go with It.
We make 1T according to directions
boiling it full 90 .ites and use coed
rich cream and It is certainly deli
cious. 7s
Look II pkgs. for copy Of the Ia
nous little book. The Road To- Well
VILE. Z ss
There's q Reason, & sss
Ever read tie abeva a etterY 4 -
EoDes fFOYN SlNRHz g s1ir6l.s TyNev
are Genulaes tr1ss anas 11fi @ halssSs
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02
ONE ON JOHNNY.

He was balmy-headed Johnny,
with little cash. She was both pretty
and pert. He said: do you know,
Dolly, l am something of mimic? I
can take almost anybody or
She said: Then take yourself of,
old boy. I'm expecting some one to
take me to supper"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02
WORLDS YOUNGEST FARMER
Miss Mildred Bates, Three Years Old,
Already is Successful
AgricuIturaIist.

Pembroke, Mass.--This town boasts
of having the youngest and most sue
cessful agriculturist in the world as
far as known.
The subject of this sketch is Miss
Mildred Alice Bates. born in Boston
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02
style Of price.

"Are you going to raise any fancy
crop on your suburban place this sum
mer?" asked Jones of Smith, as they
met in the business district.
Well, yes" hesitatingly admitted
Smith. Il am going to try to raise
the mortgage"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02
Didn't Go Near the Water.

n Didn't Go Near the Water.
I Have you caught a cold, dear?"
Just little cold, mamma"
Have you got your feet wet lately,
my dear child?"
why, / got one just wee bit wet
when in my bathing suit the other
day, mamma" -Yonkers Statesman.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02

Well. we'll!
That's indigestion after wR1GLEY's
Look for the spear. The flavor lasts
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02

Even doctors disagree and when
they do it helps to swell the popula.
ton of one of the other4tw places.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02

The votes he didn't get look like a
basket Of lemons to the defeated can.
didate.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02

Fame may come to man suddenly
and go just as quickly.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02

A good will Offering
/ A good digestion Offering!
WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02

Undertakers also come under the
head of scientific boxers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02
The Antispeed ARGUMENT.

The Antispeed Argument.
WAS that a novel your messenger
boy was reading?"
Worse than that" answered the
man in charge of the Office. TT was
the fable of the hare and the tortoise
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For Sectn1aE, soI.ens tns g%na seduses r.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02

PERRY DAVIS PAINKILLER
Afeeling of security comes by having this famous
remedy on hand. lids dependable safeguard
against collie darrhea, cramps. 2c, Sc SOC bottles
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02
All in Fight Against Tuberculosis.

All in Fight Against tuberculosis.
Prevention of tuberculosis versus
dividends is the proposition which.
some Of our largest insurance COM
panies are now trying to establish.
The Metropolitan Life recently ap-
piled for permission to erect sana-
torium for its policy holders and en-
ployes afflicted with tuberculosis, but
the application was refused on grounds
of Illegally by New York State Super
intendent of Insurance Hotchkiss. The
company is, however, conducting an
active educational campaign by dis
tributing 100000 pamphlets among
its policy holders. The Provident
Savings Life Assurance society has
also established a health bureau,
where its policy holders may 4eceive
free medical advice. Several fraternal
orders, notably the ,Modern Woodmen,
Knights of Pythias, Royal League,
Royal Arcanum and Workmen's Cir
Gle, have already established or are
contemplating the erection OF sana-
toria for their tuberculous members.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02

]; Tsfhei y ttihsr u some SMOKE, tneres5
bound to be q ire ssle.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02

Jack-There goes young Softly. He
took his finacee out rowing last Sun
day, rocked the boat, and the poor
gil was drowned.
Ruth-Lucky girl!
Jack-Why do you say that?
Ruth-Why, she might have lived
and married the idiot.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02

It is the after effect of experience
that counts.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-02
HAD AWFUL WEEPING ECZEMA
Face and Neck Were Raw-Terribie
itching, inflammation and Soreness
All Treatments Failed.
cuticura Proved a Great success.

cuticura Proved q Great Success.
Eczema began over the top of my
ear. It cracked and then began to
spread. had three different doctors
and tried several things, but they did
me no good. At last one side of my
face and my neck were raw. The
water ran out of 1t SO that had to
wear medicated cotton, and it was so
infamed and sore that I had to put
a piece Of cloth over my pillow to keep
the water from it, and 1t would stain
the cloth sort Of yellow. The &C.
Eemaitched so that it seemed as though
I could tear my face all to pieces.
Then began to use the Cuticura Soap
and Ointment, and it was not more
than three months before 1t was all
healed up. Miss Ann Pearsons. North
field, VT, Dec. 49,, 1907
Potter Drug 4 Chem. Corn. sole Prons. 1oston.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-17

ness was somewhat tempered by the
fact that we could yet meet them as
occasional visitors. But now they
seem to have stepped outside the
radius of our association Surely the
passing years leave changes iii their
wake.
Mrs. r. ]. Ross represented Drak
ola at the Huron fair Tuesday.
Mrs. David Pratt had dental work
done in De Smet Tuesday.
Rev. Larson, of Lake Preston, after
an absence of several weeks, preached
here Sunday afternoon. Our people
were pleased to see him and hear him
preach again
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-17
OBITUARY

Miss Sarah Johnson was born in
Norway, March 25th, 1888. She came
to America in 1855, and settled in
Illinois, lived there one year, and then
moved to Story county, Iowa, where
she lived until her marriage to Peter
Hansen in 1867, when they moved to
Clinton county and lived there IA
years. They then moved to Craw-
ford county, where they resided II
years, and then came to De Smet in
1907 She died Sept. IL, 1909, after
a brief illness of two days. She leaves
a husband, one daughter, Mrs. Fred
Kracht, one son, John Hansen, and
two sisters to mourn her loss. Her
acquaintance We're not many in this
city as she was unable to get about
much after coming here, but all who
knew her spoke highly of Mrs. Han
sen.
The funeral services were held at
the family home Monday, conducted
by Rev. Isaac Cassell, and the remains
inferred in the De Smet cemetery.
The sympathy of their many friends
is extended to the bereaved.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-17
NOTICE
Big cut in prices of meat at
the old stand in Erwin.
GERMANIA STATE BANK

j. S. TABLER, Prop.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-17
Jones, who was located at

DIR. Jones, who was located at
Manchester a few years ago and got
into trouble through The excessive
use OF whiskey and drugs, was a Wis
itor in De Smet Wednesday and
Thursday. The doctor Is looking
well and told some of his friends that
he had 'cut out" the cause of his
former troubles and that he had been
doing well in a financial way. A part
of his money he planted in North
Dakota land. He was on his way to
Philadelphia, he said, to take a spe-
cial course in medicine. His acquaint-
ances in this county will be glad of
the change which has taken place.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-17
OTFesp0ndence


Mrs. j. S, Bates spent the past
week with relatives in Sioux City.
Miss Irene Stockwell did not re.
turn to Lake Preston to school the
past week owing to sickness.
Mr.. Everett, Of Sireator, Ill, is Wis.
itiug at the home of Mr. and Mrs r
T. Graham
Mrsand Mrs. N. w. Porter are re.
ioicing over the arrival of a pair OF
twins, a boy and a girl, which arrived
last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Severt Johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Matzka, Mrs. +. M
Robinson and Mr.. and Mrs. G. t
Snyder enjoyed a pleasure trip tc
Lake Poinsett Monday.
a.. w. Stone went to Clark Sunday
evening, returning Tuesday.
Quite a number of our t~ownspeople
are taking in the fair at Huron this
week.
Miss Stone, Egbert and Mildred
returned to Helmet, California, Fri
day, where they will make their home
during the winter. Nh. Stone expects
to join them about the holidays.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-17
AUCTION SALES

w. G. Friedbauer will sell at public
auction on Wednesday, Sept, 22nd,
at the r. A. Boast farm west of Lake
Thompson, Z miles southeast of De-
Smet, horses, cattle, hogs, farm ma
chinery, etc. Mr.. Friedbauer is max
ing this sale preparatory to leaving
for Colorado.
VIM. H. Dorothy, living on the
Dave Basart farm, AZ miles northwest
of De Smet, will sell at public auction,
Monday, Sept. 10th, farm machinery,
horses, cattle, hogs, and household
goods. Mr.. Dorothy is about t o move
to Colorado and everything must be
sold.
". B. Zahllar, living one-half mile
west and two miles north of Man
chester, having decided to quit farm
ing, will hold an auction sale of per,
sonal property on Thursday, Sept.
23rd. Property consists Of rs head OF
horses, "a head OF cattle, 20 hogs, l26
sheep, chickens, etc, and "a complete
line of farm machinery used IN OPP -ra-
ting about 600 acres under the pillow,
Mes Paulson and John Peterson
will sell at public auction at the
Paulson farm five and one half miles
southeast of Bancroft, Monday, Sept.
9th, 7 head of horses, 10 head OF
cattle, and a large quantity of farm
machinery and household goods,