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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-01-28
WAR ON THE "400'
Mrs Taft Leader in Movement for
a "1,O0O."
Death Of Mrs. Astor Gives OpenIne for
Enlarglno the Smart Set-Rank
Will Be a Valuable
Aeaet
Asset.

Washlngton.-Under the name Of
the Assembly Set" the smart set of
New York. Philadelphia and Washing
ton will be fused into body not to ex-
ceed a thousand families. In this pro-
cess there will be eliminated the now
historic -Four Hundred"
Mrs. William H. Taft is behind this
movement. which had its inception
shortly after the death of Mrs Astor a
year ago. and which is looked upon
favOrably by the New Workers In view
Of the way that divorce and other
causes have played havoc with the ori-
ginal membership.
There is absolutely no intention to
ignore other cities except geographi-
cally. In the opinion of those behind
the mo, ement. every social leader Of
the country maintains a residence in
either Philadelphia. Washington or
New York, and this will be sufficient
qualification for membership
Membership under the new order Of
things will not be limited to a person,
SO far as numerical strength goes. but
to one family. An attempt will be made
whereby an outsider can be made ELI
gible through marriage to one of the
members. provided the union is Of such
character as to make this advisable.
There are as many men interested
In this movement as there are women
men who are renowned throughout
the country for what they do In poll
tics and other flelds-and this prom
ises, according to the sponsors of the
movement. a total elimination Of the
SnObbish rich.
The first cause that brought about
the consideration OF this step Is the
hesitation of a New Yorker, tor In
stance. to receive a member Of Wash
ingtol's or BOston's or Cincinatti's
smart set as freely as he would one of
the Four Hundred.
According to the articles of the new
set. which will be Informally ratified
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-01-28
HYMN WAS NOT A HOODOO
Didn't Seem Particularly Appropriate
But Later Events Justified
Its Use.

The story of the minister who held
a religious meeting in a penitentiary
and aroused the ire of the inmates
by announcing as hymn that one
beginning THE dying thief rejoiced
to see' is equaled by the tale of a
local preacher whose church got in
debt not long ago A congregational
meeting was held for the purpose OF
extricating It, and the chairman OF
the board of deacOns, or whatever the
financial body was, got up and stated
the situation, and ended by calling
for a special collection to make up
the deficit.
II suggest that we sing a hymn,
one of the members of the church
suggested.
This idea was carried out and the
number of the song was announced.
A smile Overspread many faces, how
ever, when they reached the line: :
when we asunder part it gives us
inward pain"
Nevertheless, the "Sundering" pro.
cess was most successful, and WASH t
particularly painful, either.-Louis-
vile COurier-JOurnal
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-01-28
Why does Great Britain buy Its
oatmeal of us2

Certainly it seems like carrying
Goals to Newcastle to speak of export
ing oatmeal to Scotland and yet, every
year the Quaker Oats Company sends
hundreds of thousands Of cases of
Quaker Oats to Great Britain and
Europe.
The reason is simple; while the
English and Scotch have for centuries
eaten oatmeal in quantities and with a
regularity that has made them the
most rugged physically, and active
mentally of all people, the American
has been eating oatmeal and trying all
the time to improve the methods Of
manufacture so that he might get that
desirable foreign trade.
How we'll he has succeeded would
be seen at a glance at the export re-
ports Of Quaker Oats. This brand Is
recognized as without a rival in clean
liness and delicious flavor 81
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the bearing down. l recommended it
to some friends and two of them have
been greatly benefited by it" Mrs.
MAE MCKNIGHT, OronOgo, Mo.
Another Grateful Woman.
st. Louis, Mo. ~ was bothered
terribly with q female weakness and
had backache, bearing down pains and
pains in lower parts. / began taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound regularly and used the Sanative
Wash and now have no more troubles
that way" Mrs. AL. HERzoG, 5722
Prescott Ave-, st. Louis, Mo.
Because your case is difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
flammation, liberation, displacements,
tibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
vOus proStratiOn. 1t costs but triflo
to try it, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.
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by the White House and the exclusive
leaders OF those cities, a person recog-
nized by the assembly will be eligible
to all TIE hOnors and courtesies, no
matter what city he visits, provided
there Is a member of the assembly at
such place.
Rank. birth and wealth will be but
relative qualifications for membership.
Rank will be more valuable than birth.
according to the promoters Of the
movement. They include birth as a
categorical qualification In wealth to
Justify their coming under these head
lngs.
Wealth alone will not be considered.
That money, nevertheless, Is not an
unnecessary item, is made plain by the
drain of expenses that membership in
this set will demand.
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(CHAPTER lI.-Continued.)

Not until the gOOd-bys had been said
and the clumsy wagon had ratified
down the road did he bring the
thought to the light and face it. He
was alone in his room, a small, bare
roOm-like his life. No carpet on the
floor. no curtain at the window, but
spOtlessly Clean from the blue and
white homespun spread on the bed to
the square stand beside it, He sat
on the edge of the bed, one hand shad-
ing his eyes from the light of the
small lamp. the other holding a pic
ture on which his eyes rested eagerly.
1t was small tintype-the face of a
young girl-the eyes large, dark, and
bright, the hair soft and curling, the
forehead high, and the lips firmly
closed
! 1t was like, yet curiously unlike, the
race that was looking down at it with
eager inquiry. These eyes, too. were
large and dark, but they were dreamy
instead Of bright; the lips were full
and flexible instead of thin and close
ly set; and the broad forehead, even
when the shading hand pushed back
the hair impatiently, could not be
called high. In both dark faces was
a certain sturdness of character. But
the girls face bore the stamp of fully
developed powers, and the other that
OF POWERS yet uniformed.
Something was struggling in it. The
youth was striving blndly to hold to
belief in his love for the face before
him. That she was lost to him he
had accepted without struggle. But
that his love for her should go, too,
that he should not love her always
his poet nature shrank from the
thought: 1t was sacrilege She had
been so long enthrOned in his heart
she belonged there. She might be-
come the wife of another man, let Ed
wards win her, she was still his. His
ideal of her should not be torn from
him. He could not bear it. 1t should
not be.
And over his idealism, and around
and under it, ran a conviction, a
strange certainty, that love was al
ready dead.
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formed striking contrast to the
younger man, who sat leaning heavily
forward, one elbow resting negligently
on his knee, whiting the soft pine
splinter.
Seth shook his head as he watched
the listless figure. He seated himself
by the western window and took up a
book that was lying, face down, on
the broad sill. How are you feeling
Dick?" he asked abruptly.
"All right" was the answer. ST.
lence fell on the room. The old man
ran his eye rapidly down the page
found the place where he had left or
settled himself comfortably in his
chair. and was lost in the book. The
fire blazed and cracked and shone
through the chinks of the warped
stove.
Richard watched the blaze and
waited. The silence was broken by
an inarticulate sound from the win
dow. 1t might be assent or it might
be the end of train of thought.
What is it," asked Richard.
The old man looked up absently
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half a mile. Then he left even this
slight trail and struck into the un'
broken wood, making his way through
the underbrush and light snow with
free, swinging step.
He had evidently a goal in view,
and he emerged at last into a small
clearing A small, time-worn house
stood few rods away. Beyond the
house long, sloping hill rose to the
horizon, and halfway up the hill an
isolated pine lifted its branches
against the sky. A barn stood a short
distance from the house, a path con
Meeting the two If there was any
way of approach except that by which
Richard had come, it did not appear.
He struck across the open space,
smiling as he looked up to the line of
smoke rising from the chimney. He's
home, fast enough he said to him.
self. He scarcely waited to hear the
response to his knock before he lifted
the latch and stood in the low door
way.
An old man was sitting by the
stove. He had paused in the act Of
putting a stick of wood in the fire.
and stood, with stOye-lifter suspended,
looking expectantly towards the door.
Halo. Dick he said, nOdding as
he saw his visitor. Turning once more
to the stove, he raped vigorously on
the stick until it fell into place.
Richard seemed to expect no other
welcome. He crossed the room and
seated himself on a rough, homemade
bench near the fire.
The old man looked at him keenly
from under shaggy gray brOws as he
brushed the chips and dust from his
hands. Pretty cOld.' he said at last.
Richard nodded He knew from eX-
perience that the less he said himself
the more Seth Kinney would say. He
picked up a pine splinter from the
floor and began whiting it as if un-
conscious of the shrewd look bent
upon him from the other side of the
stove
The figure that stood there was
curious one. A rough gray beard and
a shock of gray hair rose above the
blue smOck that reached to the tops
of heavy cowhide boots. Short,
square, solid, his feet we'll apart, he
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Richard was deep in the heart of
the woods. The sound of his ak rang
sharp in the silence Now and then
q blue-jay, startled by a heavier blow
or q falling limb, few with a harsh
cry to a more distant tree. Richard
marked the blue and white flash,
standing for moment with ak sus-
pended. then the blow fell again, al.
ways to the same bitter accompani-
ment. The sight of the bird only
reused new phase of the old
thought. Last year l shot a blue-jay
and gave the wings to her. Edwards
can give her store things prettier than
that" The blows fell again, faster
and stronger.
Presently he dropped his ak. Walk
Ing to a little distance, he kneeled
down and began brushing the snow
lightly aside. Underneath the dark
vines of partridge-berry-the bright
berries shining red among the green
lines. Swiftly he passed his hands
across them. The finger-tips seemed
alive. They raised slender vine and
held it moment. as If to pick it;
they laid 1t reluctantly again in it's
place. "No"-he was brushing back
the snow with quick fingers-"I can't
carry them to her. and mother
wouldn't want them"
He stood looking up through the
network of branches into the clear
sky Of the winters day. His eyes
dropped; they noted the straight, dark
trunks. the struggling underbrush
through which the sun fell softly. the
whiteness of the snow, broken only by
shadows. Long he looked, as II he
were bidding 1t all good-by: then hi
turned away and. shouldering his ak
walked swiftly down the snowy wood
road.
For = month past the neighbors ha'
bean discussing the engagement o
Emily and Edwards. They were to b.
married In the spring. Every on
oald it was q good match for Emily
They felt sorry for Richard. He wa
: me fellow-but too dreamy an
lnncaful. Il Was . good thing tha
JDmlly was Oh with him. He had Quee
u01tons. That poetry he wrote for th
lG0oum meeting-about the red Al
O6po q ~ woodbine ct the throat {
(0 1ying yoar"-it sounded prett,
19 = Was Queor-too much like hi
0go1 13ethsr Crane. No. hs woul
nV0g Got g.
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The Rulinq Passion.

An old Irish woman, in describing a
gone but not forgotten" said: Mike
was the foine man entoirely and he'd
be living now, II it wasn't for the
dhrink. He had dog and sure that
baste would bring him home from the
saloon whin he was so blind wild
liquor he couldn't see shtep before
him. And whin he died-tis the truth
I'm shpaking-his ghost walked at
night, both back and foOrth, betune
the saloon and his hOuse-and bedad
twas so dhrunk his dog knew him.
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Clever Detective Work.

Capt Won Ermnerik of the roya'
Dutch mail packet Van Spilbergen re-
Gently made clever capture after q
murderous assault on a wealthy sa.
loon passenger while bound for sgd
ney from Batavia. After the alarm
had been given he had the full crew
Of Malays lined up on deck and as he
passed along the ranks he placed his
hand on the barred breast of each man
to feel the action of his heart. The
blood coursed normally through the
veins Of all but one and his heart was
throbbing violently. The captain ar
rested him on suspicion. Another
mans hands were abnormaliy cold.
but this fact was not considered sur.
ficiently strong to justify arrest. How.
ever, the first man Subsequently CON.
fessed to the crime and indicated the
seaman with the cold hands % his
accomplice.
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Childish Inference.

Little Julia was taking her after
noon walk with her mother. Her at
tentiOn was attracted for the first time
to large church edifice on one of tn,
street corners.
"Oh, mOther!" she exclaimed
whose nice big house is that?"
whose nice big house is that?"
That, Julia, is Gods house." ex
planned the mother.
Some time later it happened tha
the child was again taken by th'
church, this time on Sunday evening
when services were in progress Julia
noticing the brilliantly lighted win
dOws, drew her own conclusions.
"Oh, look, mother" she called out
God must be having party
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-01-28
INSOMNIA
Leads to Madness, II not Remedied In
Time.
INSOMNIA

Experiments satisfied me, some 5
years ago." writes a Topeka woman,
that coffee was the direct cause of the
Insomnia from which l suffered ter
ribly, as we'll as the extreme nervous
ness and acute dyspepsia which made
life most painful thing for me.
II had been a coffee drinker since
childhood, and did not like to think
that the beverage was doing me all this
harm. But it was, and the time came
when had to face the fact, and pro-
tect myself. therefore gave up coffee
abruptly and absolutely, and adopted
Postum as my hot drink at meals.
II began to note Improvement in my
condition very soon after l took on
Postum. The change proceeded grad
ually, but surely, and it was a matter of
only few weeks before found my
self entirely relieved-the nervousness
passed away. my digestive apparatus
was restored to normal efficiency, and
l began to sleep, restfully and peace
fully.
These happy conditions have con-
tinued during all of the years, and
am safe In saying that owe them en-
tirely to Postum, for when l began to
drink 1t l ceased to use medicine"
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellville. in pkgs. There's Reason y
Ever read the above letterf A new
enc appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true. and full Of human
interest.
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the floor Wi t h out
my heart futtering
and / could not even
receive q letter.
Every month l had
such . bearing down
sensation, as if the
lower parts would
fall out. Lydia E.
|Pinkham's Vegeta-
Bile Compound has
done my nerves a
great deal Of good
and has alsOrelieved
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shower Of small fishes, which were
identified as herring fry. and there
was also a similar occurrence in Ros-
shire.
Frogs. insects and other living crea.
lures have also been known to be thus
transported through the air.-Camp-
belltown Courier.
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Bad Breath

''For months had great trouble with my
stomach and used all kinds of medicines.
My tongue has been actually as green as
grass, my breath having bad odor. Two
wceksago friend recommended Cascarets
and after using them can willingly and
cheerfully say that they have entirely
cured me. I therefore let you know that
shall recommend them to any one suffer.
ing from such troubles. .''-Chas. H. Hal.
perm, ia E. 9TH ST., New York, N. Y.
CUT THIS OUT. mail 1t with your ad-
dress to Sterling Remedy Company, Chi
cago, Illinois. and receive a handsome
souvenir gold Bon Bon FREE 92s
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-01-28

II submitted some humorous
sketches here the other day." said
Jokeley "They haven't appeared yet
Did you kill them?"
II passed upon them." replied the
editor. but didn't kill them
moi"
mo They Just died naturally oi
old age."-Catholic Standard and
TtmeA
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StauinQ a Trial.

Now, your conduct during the trial
may have considerable effect on the
jury.
"Ah, quite So" responded the ultra.
swell defendant. And should | ap-
pear interested or just mildly bored? 2"
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SYNOPSIS.

Richard Derring, returning from a win
ter in the woods to his mothers farm
home, Is Overtaken by his uncle. accom-
panied by his eccentric wife. coming to
pay a visit at the farm. Aunt Jerusha' s
questions about Emily Hutton. supposed
to be Richards sweetheart. bring out the
TACT that she is to marry merchant.
Edv ards
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WHERE 1T WORKED.

while we were on our honeymoon.
I always spoke French to my husband,
so that no one should understand us. "
$50 you went to France, did you?"
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MORE
PlKHAM
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Oronogo, MOI was simply ner-
vOus wreck. could not walk across
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One fisherman ought to believe the
stories of another, but he seldom does.
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The aeroplane IL the rea. ~.
scraper.
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A Chance at Ceast

A change Of tenors had been made
In the church choir. Eight-year-old
Jessie, returning from the morning
service, was anxious to tell the news
"Oh, mother" she exclaimed, I'VE have
a new terror in the choir" WON.
ans Home Companion.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-03-15
legal Department

Subscribers are invited to send
questions on legal and business affairs
to our legal editor, A. Roger Merrill
454 New York Block Seattle. Cues
lions will be answered through the
columns of this paper only, as
promptly as possible. No attempt
will be made to make "every man his
own lawyer, - nor is the column IN
tended to dispense with the legal
fraternity but to afford a service to
our subscribers who are distant from
any source of legal information.
Wagers and cases in the courts will
not be considered, but concise ques-
tions will be briefly answered. I'm
less otherwise requested the law OF
the State of Washington wi be given.
Will you kindly answer the following
through "The Ranch" (a) By the
law of this state. is it the duty of a
railroad, or of owners of adjoining
land, to maintain fences along rail-
road right way?
(b) Does it make a difference if a
fence was there before the railroad was
built?
(c) If maintenance falls upon the
railroad, can 1t keep up any kind of
fence it chooses, or must it be fence
suited to the use of the adjoining
land? A. T. r.
Ans.-(a) BY act of the Washington
Legislature approved March 10th
1903, every person, company, OF cor
poration having the contol or manage
ment of any railroad, shall cause to
be constructed and maintained in
good repair, on each side of said rail
road along the line of the right of-way
a substantial fence.
(b) There is no difference in the
liability of the railroad if fence was
there before the railroad was built.
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(c) The railroad must maintain a
'lawful fence' as defined Rule 5l85
Pierce's Code where number OF diff
erent kinds of suitable fences are de-
scribed in detail. The fence need not
necessarily be suited to the use of the
adjoining land.
Can a second husband take up or
buy a mortgage which IS held against
the property of his wife and her child
rem, which is their private property,
and then have the same rights accord
ing to law, as the former mortgage
holder had?
Subscriber.
Ans.-There is nothing to prevent
second husband taking up such
mortgage, and having the full rights
of the previous holder. Ii he takes
the mortgage up with community
earnings the wife will of course have
her interest in the mortgage as in all
other community possessions. AS the
mortgage is personality the husband
has the right of disposition in the
same way that he has over his seps-
rate personal property. If the hus-
band forecloses on the mortgage and
gets the land in satisfaction, the land
becomes community property, unless
the mortgage was purchased with the
husbands property. The land cannot
if it is community property then be
encountered or disposed of without
the consent of the wife.
Kindly answer this in your valued
legal depar tment. A has five acre
tract and B owns five acre tract adj
joining. A wishes to fence his tract
on the line between A and b and mott
fes but b objects. A builds the
fence and b objects to pay his half of
the cost, can A collect and in what
manner should he proceed. j. A. S.
Ans.-When two or more persons
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own adjoining land, which is inclosed
by one fence, and one of them finds
it necessary to his interest to build
PAL tition fence, the other one is COM
PEELED to pay his half of the cost, IT he
neglects to build his share after
reasonable notice. A can collect from
B in this case in a civic action.
In reply to j. Jorgensen, Yacolt,
Wash.
Ans.-The statute pointed out to
you is pertinent in the question OF
Jan. 10Th was not overlooked by the
legal editor, but was not considered
in point under the facts given. No
state of facts similar to those given
mas ever been passed on in this state,
and if the subscriber is still in doubt
he should litigate the matter.
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We desire to call attention to the
Washington Nursery Co. S adj. on an
other page of this issue. This is done
co show what an enormous plant has
been built up IN this state by this
company, and how absolutely unneces-
sary it is for people of the northwest
to go out Of the state for their fruit
trees. This company shows nearly
seven million CRAFTS ready for selling
season 1910. They furnish a beautiful
catalog by simply addressing them at
Toppenish, Wash. You had better
get this and see what a magnificent
nursery has teen built up in this
state
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(Other questions received, one from
California, which will be answer
ed later A. Roger Merrill, Seattle,
Feb 25.)
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Attention
Farmers

losing
tunHse tt
nsufrfer THE RANCH