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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04
WHOLE TOWNS DESERVED.
Places. Where Al the People Take r.
Weston at the Same Time,


Americans unacquaInted With the
north OF England and Scotland tare-
often SURPRISED during their visits
70 those countries to find whole.
..., Io.ortcT rIere salv ), fcv
.Lo am ,,r,or v,n.,tor ~
VI 10 "N 60 ,Irt hna;nosa :,
''r same ,'''
StI'I c"rr''" w. 0"' '"''
Gus weeks r l"rtn'o''S "Te SCI ts'oc
for rest, WhCA business PraetlcalIy
stops.
In T.aacashicc these holidays are
known rs wakes, and beginninG
from about the middle of Junr orc
town after another takes its hoii-
day., until early September secs the
end. Liverpool and MANCHESTER are
about the ONLY towns of Importance
that do not follow the custom. as
thry are too large to Shut down in
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04
Kept 20 the Point.

Ford Tcnterden had contracted
50 inyctcratec a. habit Of keeping
himself and, everybody else TO. the
precise matter in hand that ONCE
during a circuit dinner, having ask
ed a, county magistrate if he would
take yanison and receiving what he
doomed an ~cyasive reply, 'Tlrank
YOU my lord; I am going to take
boied chicken" his lordship sharp
ly rctortcd: "Ehat, sir. - no an
swcr to my question. I ask you
again if You will take vcnison, and I
will trouble Won to say yes or no
without further prcvaricakon.%-
st. James Gazette.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04

Among the many interesting fea-
lures to be found in Burma the
numbcrless temples figure most
prominently. One group consists
of no fewer than $50 pagodas, OH
each of which is recorded on stone
q section of the law of Buddha. the
founder of the Buddhist religion.
which embraces millions of devo-
tees. The reverence and W with
which the images Of Buddha are re-
garded are hardly less wonderful
than the fabulous sum which has
been speat on the erection of tenn
pies to his fame by poverty stricken
communities. In India and the adj
joining countries tho proceeds Of
the sacrifices offered by the people
are devoted toward the erection OF
gorgeous temples, which accounts
for the thousands TO be found in
districts where Buddhism holds
sway.-Wide World Magazine.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04
Stopped GROWING.

One day after buying a paper
from a very little chap a scientist
thought he would test the lads in
telligence by putting a few ques-
tons to him. Accordingly he point
ed to q pile of paving stones and
said:
"How were these stones made,
SOM
"They wasn't made; they grow
ed" replied the boy.
"sGrowedY How do you mean
sgrowed p" said the man.
"They growed the same as pota-
toes grow" the boy explained.
The man shook his head. mo,
my lad, you are wrong" he said.
aStoncs can't grow. If you were to
come back to these stones five years
or ten years or twenty years from
now they would still be the same
size"
a0f course. said the little news
boy, sneering. They've been taken
out Of the ground now and have
stopped CROWN, same as potatoes
would
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04
WEIGHING A SUNBEAM.
Scale Beam So Delicate q Ray Of Light
Will Affect %,


Measuring the distances of stars
and planets seems, wonderful
enough, but weighing them appears
at first thought an impossibility.
But all this has been accomplished,
and more too. The refnements OF
mechanical science have brought
about great changes in weighing
methods. Everything is weighed to-
day. The architect before putting
up his thirty or forty story build
ing calculates to a ton the total
weight of the whole mass. The
bridge builder works, out in advance
the weight Of his suspension bridge
and then calculates the stresses and
margin Of load capacity it can safe
h carry. The marine architect must
~calc@Iuic to a nicely the weight and
water displacement of his iron
ships long before the keel is laid.
An error of a few tons might easily
make the ship a failure.
Dut all these weighing achieve
mcnts are simple and crude COM
pared to the work Of weighing a
sunbeam, a ray of light or some in
visible gas. Scales. have been con-
struggled for this purpose which are
little short of magical. At UniVer-
sity college, London, there is a pair
Of scales that will weigh a seven
thousund-millionth of an ounce.
These are employed for weighing
invisible gases and eve sunbeams
and rays of light. 1t seems impos-
siblc that II ray Of light should have
weight, but these sensitive scales
will demonstrate it.
yht scales are kept in a small I'M
~dcrgrortnd chamber made of metal,
and the room, is always in semi
darkness, for the light and the heat
caHsrd by it. affect the DELICATE
beam. The scale bcum.is, only a, few
inches long and is made, Of silica,
rs glass is too sensitive to heat to
be Of use. 1t is Il mere cobweb-like
machine, and when one enters the
scale room the alteration in the
temperature causes the beam to
m0gc. The, operator must wait for
an IoHr in total darkness and ST.
lcrrH To- make. q, reading of the
scaiG Even wheu sho electric bulb
is turned on the sensitive scale feels
the vibration. Of tae mis CAUSED by
the light. Tho tdnF tray Of the scale
contains II, gIuSs tube, and into this
sore imprisoned gas is placed for
weighing. In spite Of the delicacy
Of the scale and its wonderful bal
ancr. the gas weighs so little that to
the eye M motion of the beam is
visible. but a ray of light is focused
upon u mirror and theHce upon. Il
graduated scala six Feet away. The
weight Of the tube OF gas is record
ed on this scale and the nasniicd
result easily read. The record may
shoa only one seven-thousand-mil-
of an ounce. the total weight
Of liza, Whit of gas.-Georgc Ethel
be-; Galsh in Washington Star.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04
The Third HandIa.

Henry ~. OF France while. huptr
Ing became separated, from his conn
panions and, feeling thirsty, called
ct Il wayside. inn. foE q, cup, Of wine.
The serving maid on handing it to
him as he sab on, horseback neglect
ext to present the handle. Some
vine was spilled, and his majcsty's
white gauntlets were soiled. While
riding home he bethought him that
a two handled cup would prevent
a recurrence Of this, so his majesty
had a two handled cup made at the
royal pottcrics and sent it to the
inn. On his next visit he called
again for wine, when, to his aston
ishment, the maid, having received
instructions from her mistress to
De very careful of the kings cup,
presented it to him by holding it
herself by each of its handles. AT
once the happy idea struck the king
of a cup with three handles, which
was promptly acted upon, as his
majesty quantity said, "Surely, out
of three handles / shall be able to
get onep Hence the loving cup.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04
aSTRoLoGM
Ora ~ tina hosa Ansient Forms Of
Superstition.

Superstition.
Asirology means the Science of
the stars" The encyclopedia calls
as:9Aogy "one of the most ancient
foTrs Of superstition" Chaldcans,
e. ptians, Hindus and Chinese
were given TO it. The Jews became
addicted TO it after the captivity. 1t
spread into the west and into Rome
at ri,llt the beginning of the Chris
tan IRA. Astrologers played an i'm
portant part at Rome, where they
were called Chaldeans and "mathc-
maticians." Although they were Of
ten banishcd by the senate and the
empcrors on pain of death and were
otherwise ~persecntcd, they contin-
ued to hold their ground. Even
Ptolcmy the astronomer did not es-
cape the infection, which in his
time had been universal.
Mohammedanism was well adapt
ed to astrology, and the lrabs cul-
tivated the Science" with great ar
dor from the seventh to the thir-
teenth century. Same of the early
Christian fathers argued against
~astrosogy in its earlier form and
Others received it modified to some
extent.
Probably the palmiest days Of as
trotegy were the fourteenth and ff-
tecnth centuries. at two of the
oldest universities in Europe chairs
were founded for its teaching-at
bologna and at Padna. No princes
cours q complete without its as
trologer. After the renaissance the
study Of astrology Vas vigorously
opposed, though for centuries many
men continued to believe in it,
among whom. at least to a certain
extent, was Napoleon. The merci-
ksss ridicule Of Swift had much to
Do with its discrcdit in England,
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04

Among certain tribes Of Eskimos
is a tradition that the sun and moon
were ono human beings, the moon
being an Eskimo boy and tie sun
his sister. The boy tormented his
sister, and to get away from him
she fed up into the sky and was
turnod into the sun, while the boy
was doomed to continually pursue
her without success. And whichever
the noon is in its last quartcr they
say that the brother leaves yis
abode md gees uniting fos snvaral
DAYS in Z sleagc draTn Four
aogA
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04
When They Go Out to Dire.

"Did you ever notice the differ,
enee between n mans dinner and a
woman's.' asked the observer. A
nan takes you out to dinner. He
orders a steak or roast beef, spa
ghetti, potatoes IN some style, sliced
tomatoes and pie or pudding. A
woman gets swcctbroa6s, artichokes,
truiles, mushrooms or some other
expensive delicacy, lettuce or apple
salad and the fancicst kind Of an
ice cream dessert. A man never
thinks of having anything but good
solid food, while a woman must
have something different, and it
usually takes the form of high
priced, non-nutritious dishes. III
they r out OF season, SO much the
better.-New York Press.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04

The old family physician being
away on a much needed vacation,
his practice was intrusted to his
son, a recent medical graduate.
When the old man returned the
youngster told him, among other
things, that he bad cured Miss Fer
guson, an aged and wealthy spin
ster, Of her chronic Indigestion.
my boy said the old doctor,
EN- proud III ypu, Ut Ms
mi esfipn is What PCT ySra
Evvrypod
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04

xna faaeu'ta Srnll aud ere
not AFRAID d rnn HE sisk IL hfea
M eu y
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04

my first wife married me to re-
form me.
"Of what.
"Bsing a bachelor"
sWell, she succeeded in that,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-27
PRACTICAL COOPERATION.

number of farmers living near
Rogers, in Hennepin county. Mimi.
have, according to a farm paper pub
lished at the Twin Cities, put into
practice this year most commenda-
bic type of cooperation. 1t has CON
sisted simply in getting their heads
together and agreeing to plant a single
variety OF potatoes for their field crop,
with the thought in view that with Il
large quantity Of potatoes raised buy
erS would come and offer a good price
for the crop. They exercised a good
deal of pains in the growing and care
of their spud crop, and their hopes
have been fully realized. The tubers
yielded on the average It's bushels per
acre, were of one variety and of uni
form size and quality. The buyers
came and paid the growers 46 cents
per bushel at the cars. nearly 10 cents
more than growers in many other sec
lions received. This idea of co-opera-
ton in vegetable and fruit production
is very practical and profitable, and it's
benefits can hardly be too strongly
urged.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-27
SOME TUBERCULOSIS STATISTICS

Probably no state in the Union has
cessful warfare on bovine tuberculosis
than Wisconsin, and some figures
which have been lately published re!a-
tive to this campaign are interesting
and should also be profitable to dairy
men in other sections. The education
al campaign has been conducted by
means Of addresses. printed bulletins
and postmortem demonstrations given
in cooperation with the state live
stock sanitary board. Since the tuber
culin test was first applied, in 1892,
7263S animals have been tested, over
$4,000 of this number coming within
the past three years. The state has
paid the owners two-thirds of the APP
praised value of reacting animals re-
ceiving in return whatever was paid
for the carcasses of those animals
passed by the federal inspectors. There
has been a decrease in the per cent
Of reacting animals from III per cent
in 1906 to SO per cent in 1908. In 1906
almost half the herds which were test
ed were found infected. while in 1908
less than one-fourth had the disease.
In 1906 - per cent of the animals
tested were found to be infected. and
in 1908 less than per cent. The data
which the station officials have gath
cred shows that the most common
method of herd infection Is through
the purchase of diseased animals. 263
out of 1868 herds found infected III
1908 being infected through purchase,
a law requiring a clean bill of health
with each animal sold is strongly
urged, as is also legislation requiring
the pasteurization Of factory byprod-
uctS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-27

ING TOWARD THE CAVE
on bringing as much of the provisions
and supplies up here as we could.
If it had not been for them and the
keg of water she brought up herself
when the Indians were almost upon
her we could not have held out so
long"
That's So" admitted Charlie ElSon
candidly. Il do not suppose | would
have thought of the provisions myself
or even of climbing to this upper cave
instead of stopping in the one below
And it's the same about the marks
manship. | have been popping off the
gun like boy does his Fourth of July
crackers, for the noise. though maybe
that did keep them off a little. But
if Gertie's telling shots had not re-en-
forced my Intellectual ones the Indians
would soon have caught on and scram-
bled up the rocks"
Charlie Eson'S voice had been
strained and depressed for the past
ten days. Now, with the Indians NOV
ing across the plain, his tones became
care free, almost jubilant. 1t was his
mercurial tempera ment, and his sister
looked across at him indugently, but
lovingly.
Whatever else he might be, careless,
incapable, visionary, he was always
lovable, always oblivious of himself
1t was the careless, visionary nature
that had started him west when his
little property was lost and the oblivi-
BUSINESS to self that had caused him
to share his scanty means with the
weak, emaciated creature they found
wandering on the plain-all that was
left of frontier massacre
He never thought of taking her to
trading post or transferring the bur-
den to some one with means and
settled home. His only thought was
that henceforth they would be three
instead of two. Later she had devel-
Oped into a beautiful, strong, lovable
girl, to the wonder and satisfaction of
himself and Kate
Now, only th1ee months from the
rescue. she was returning the bread
upon the waters a thousandfold. As
she turned her face toward them for
an instant there was something of
the same expression in her eyes that
appeared in Hates, though with a diff
ference.
No one could be in the tender heart
ed, irresponsible mans company long
without loving him and wanting to
care for him as she would for an af-
fectionate. helpless child.
And in Gertie's life. even before the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-27
THE ROUTINE PALS.

Many a lad leaves the farm for city
occupation because of the dull mo-
notonous routine of it's work, in the
doing of which little effort is made by
the farm owner to adopt new or up
to date methods which recognize the
place of intelligence as well as sheer
muscular effort as an important factor
in getting work out of the way. There
Is absolutely no field of endeavor
where the application of brains will
yield larger net return than in agri
culture, and it's about time a whole
lot of fellows who have been content
to make clodhopper occupation of it
were rubbing their eyes and awaking
to the fact. 1t can only be viewed as
a tribute to agriculture as an occupa-
ton that so many who have been en-
gagged in it have been aide to make a
living and something besides, follow
ing as they have such slovenly and
Indifferent methods and applying so
small an amount of gray matter to the
work they had in hand.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-27

A rather odd appeal has been made
to the French colonial office by the
province of Uganda. 1t is that the
lions be protected from hunters, as
they alone are able to rid the country
stroy their crops. including elephants,
rhinoceroses and deer. Much the same
situation has existed in some portions
Of the west. where the killing of the
coyotes has been followed by an alarm
pests.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-27

If it is hard to get the horse in good
flesh and much of the grain fed passes
through the animal whole it is far to
assume that the teeth are not doing
their work properly. due to the fact
that some of them project so far as to
prevent proper mastication. This de-
feet can be remedied by having the
teeth fled off by some competent vet
erinarian. In case the teeth are in bad
shape in other respects the feed should
be ground
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-27
BES|EGED IN A CAVE.
A Girl the Principal Actor In a
Defense Against Indians.
BY MARTHA L. TWEED.

copyright, 1909, py American Press Asso-
ciatlon.J
"Well." said Charlie Elson as he
leaned back against the side of the
cave and laid down his rife. almost
for the first time in ten days, Il sup
pose we can consider the siege raised.
The Indians would hardly collect their
ponies and ride off across the PLAIN
with an idea of circumventing US.
1--WE have an unobStructed view for
at least five miles N front. and they
could never climb over the mountains
behind. 1t is fortunate for US that
Gertie remembered the cave and
thought of it as a refuge"
1T is fortunate for US in everything
that we have Gertie." returned his
sister Kate. smiling affectionatey at
the seventeen-year-old girl who was
crouching near the entrance Of the
cave, with one arm in a sling.
OF all the party she was the only one
wounded. and of all the party it was
she who had best acted the part of
man. She smiled back slightly, but
without turning her head.
There was something in her whole
appearance-her figure. her face, espe-
cially her mouth and eyes-that eX-
pressed frmness. MuScularly there was
in her the same strength. She wore a
skirt reaching but short distance be-
low her knees. a mans CATERS, a jacket
buttoning close about her throat and a
mans ordinary felt hat. without even
a tiny feather in the band.
when we first saw the Indians"
Kate Elson went on. 1T was Gertie
who whired the horses round. riding
on her pony at their heads and urging
them forward. and it was she who in
sisted on forcing the wagon almost to
the very mouth of the lower cave and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-27
Growing Feast.


Oh, the watermelon.
Hidden in a pool
Where the running water
Makes it fresh and cool,
Gathered in the moonlight,
Didn't cost a cent,
What a feast of riches
For a colored gent.
Right across the open
Lies a tempting patch
That for size and sweetness
Hasn't got a match,
And the sleepy owner
Doesn't keep a gun.
Sides. he has so many.
Wouldn't miss just one.
Rich and ripe and luscious.
Mellow to the core,
And so good you eat it
Till you'n hold no more.
Just as sweet as honey,
And a stolen kiss
That a fellow gathers
Has no edge on this.
Oh. the watermelon,
Large and red and ripe,
Not the kind you purchase,
But the kind you swipel
Doesn't seem SO wicked
When you test the treat,
Cause the watermelons
They were made to eat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-27
THE FOLLY OF TEMPORlZlNG.

Pity it is that there are not more
farm papers of the type of a few
which might be named which have
looked the situation touching bovine
tuberculosis through TO the end and
have uncompromisingly in season and
out of season advocated a thorough
testing of affected herds and the Grad
ication Of all animals found diseased.
One Of these papers is Hoard's Dairy
man, printed at Fort Atkinson. Wis.
and the service which it has perform
ed for the dairy interests of that and
adjoining states can hardly be esti-
mated. Those papers which have fol
lowed a temporizing policy-Opposed
the testing Of dairy herds because the
immediate loss to the owners seemed
heavy-have caused dairymen who
have followed this advice tremendous
loss in the long run, as laws which
prevent the sale of milk from dis
eased cows have been passed in many
states, while the job of Kidding a herd
of diseased animals and building it up
again on new basis is one that re-
quires much time and attention. The
rest of the agricultural papers should
move over to the other side of the
house in this vital matter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-27
Knew the Sound,

Ting-a-ling went the dOorbell.
Inside heart tluttered in unison
with the tintinnabulations ard a pair
of small feet battered toward the door.
Ethel must know that ring" said
caller who suspected something.
Sure. 1t is her engagement ring"
replied the irrepressible small brother,
who wasn't supposed to know what
was going on.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-27

Dentists who keep abreast of the
times incline to the view that in these
days of neutrality-suspicious. and
predigested foods folks do not have
chewing enough to do to give their
teeth the necessary exercise, it being
their contention that foods of a rough
er and harder type should form lar
ger part of the bill Of fare. Pressure
on the teeth in the process of mastica-
ton causes a circulation of blood in
the little ducts near the roots, this
making possible Il ready nourishment
of the nerve and dental tissues. This
argument would seem to have com
mon sense at the bottom of it and
ought to be kept in mind. 1t is likely
due to this very fact. the mastication
Of rough and coarse foods. that the
remarkable durability of the teeth of
wild and domestic animals is due.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-27

The railroads seem to have survived
the anti-railroad agitation and legiSla-
ton of the past three or four years to
the tune of an increase in net earnings
for the year ending June 30. 1909 of
$50, 1887 over the earnings of the
preceding year, The total gross earn
insB of the last fiscal year were So
437,3S5,S41. These figures would seem
to indicate that transportation compa-
MES have been more scared than hurt
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-27

The best season in which to do prun-
ing work in the orchard is that just
prior to the time when the trees will
make the most rapid growth and thus
heal over the scars made in cutting
1t is for this reason that fall pruning
should be discouraged beyond that in
volved in the removal of dead or dis
eased portions of the trees
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-27

That American corn is rapidly get
ting a foothold in foreign countries Is
nicely shown in the marked increase
in the recent exports of the cereal.
Corn exports for the week ending Oct.
IS We're 51G.44S bushels against 395,-
592 for the week preceding and 1876
5l4 bushels in 1908 For the seven
teen weeks prior to Oct %. 1909, the
exports of corn amounted to 2.7OO.6S5
bushels, while for the corresponding
period last year they were but l.lS6,-
lis bushels.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-27

The value of alfalfa as a forage and
hay crop is well attested by the plump
and sleek appearance of horses. cattle
and hogs which have access to it and
are not furnished with any grain ra
ton. All kinds of stock are fond of
the legume and seem TO know instinc-
lively that it is good for them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-27

1t is about a standoff as between the
dweller in the warmer southwestern
climes, who has TO put up with feas
and dust, and the resident in the
northern states east of the Rockies.
who has bis pancake batter freeze IN
der the hard coal stove on crisp mid
winter nights.