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Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31

and why I have leisure to write you
three days after landing. If the sit
uation were not so ridiculous, 1t would
be maddening. Here l am, off for a
holiday and congratulating myself
that l am foot free and heart free
yes, my friend, heart free-here am,
shut in the house of a man l never
saw until last night, and wouldn't
care If l never saw again, with lot
of people who never heard of me, who
are almost equally vague about South
America, who play as hard at bridge
as l ever worked at building one
forgive this, won't you? the novelty
has gone to my head, and who belong
to the very class of extravagant, lux
ury-loving, non-producing parasites
Gsn't that what we called them?) that
you and used to revile from our lofty
Andean pinnacle.
To come down to earth: Here we
are, six women and five men, includ-
ing a policeman, not a servant in the
house, and no one who knows how to
do anything. They are really i'm
mensely interesting, these people:
They all know each other very well,
and it is Jimmy" here, and DIAL"
there-Dallas Brown, who went to
India with me; you remember my
speaking of him-and they are good
natured, too, except at meal times.
The little hostess, Mrs. Wilson, took
over the cooking, and although lunch
con was better than breakfast, the
food still leaves much to the magma
ton.
l wish you could see this Mrs. Will
son, Hal. You would change a whole
lot of your ideas. She is thorough
bred, sure enough, and of course some
of her beauty is the result of the ex-
quisite care about which you and l.
still from our Andean pinnacle-used
to rant. But the fact is, she is more
than that She has fire, and pluck, no
end. If you could have seen her this
morning, standing in front of cold
kitchen range, determined to conquer
it, and had seen the tilt of her chin
when offered to take over the cook.
ing-you needn't grin; can cook, and
you know it-you would understand
what l mean. 1t was SO clear that she
was paralyzed with fright at the idea
of getting breakfast, and equally clear
that she meant to do it. BY the way
| have learned that her name was Nc
Nair before she married this would-be
artist, Wilson, and that she is daugh
ter of the McNair who financed the
Callao branch!
have not met the others SO init
mately. There are two sisters named
Mercer, inclined to be noisy-they are
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31
CHAPTER Viii.

Correspondence Department.
The following letters were found IN
the house post box after the lifting OF
the quarantine, and later were pre-
scented to me by their writer's, bound
in white kid (the letters. not the au-
thors, of course).
From Thomas HARRISON, late engi-
neer of bridges, Peruvian trunk lines,
South America, to Henry Llewellyn,
care of Union Nitrate company,
Iquique, Chilli.
Dear Old Man:
think l was fully a week trying to
drive out of my mind my last glimpse
of you with your sickly grin. pretend
ing to be tickled to pieces that the
only white man within 200 miles OF
your shack was going on a holiday.
You old buffer! 1 used to hang over
the rail of the steamer, on the way
up, and see you standing as left you
beside the car with its mule and the
Indian driver, and behind you mil
lion miles of soul-destroying pampa.
Never mind, Jack; l sent yesterday by
mail steamer the cigarettes, pipes and
tobacco, canned goods and poker
chips. Put in some magazines, too,
and the collars. Don't know about the
ties-guess it won't matter down
there.
Nothing happened on the trip. One
of the engines broke down three days
out, and l spent all my time below
decks for 48 hours. Chief engineer
raving with D. rs. Got the engine
fixed in record time. and haven't got
my hands clean yet. It was bully.
With this l send the papers. which
will tell you how l happen to be here.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31

everything green, and then moving In
vast clouds which obscured the sun to
fresh fields. The individual locusts
lived only few days, but each female
In that time found time to lay about
500 eggs on the branches of the de-
nuded trees. When the larvae Matched
they fell to the ground and burrowed
straight down for more than foot
They have rested for seventeen years
before the process of Matching was
complete, and as soon as the frost
leaves the ground they will dig their
way to the surface and appear as
small, oblong shells. These shells
soon burst open. and the winged. mu-
steal and ravenous locust appears to
devour everything in sight. and lay
more eggs to be Matched out about the
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31
The Migration of Storks.

Reference has been made to the
departure of the storks from Alsace.
The pathological bureau of Buda-
pest has recently published the re;
suits of an interesting experiment.
To the leg of a number of young
birds a light disk was attached, stat
ing the place Of origin and in the
event of capture asking that the label
might be detached and forwarded to
Budapest.
The rings returned show that the
birds have reached Basutoland. the
Transvaal and Cape Colony. Unfor-
tunately only two Of the ten capture
birds escaped death. Eight of those
graceful creatures had fallen to the
Implying and unerring aim Of the
sportsman. improperly SO called.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31
ON THEWAY.
To Plague the Farmers Of the
Country This Summer.
Ievonteen-Year Pest, Which Caused,
Great Loss on Last Visitation, 10
Ready for 0usIness-0rubs Found
In New York and Kansas.

New York.-Tho seventeen-yeal
loousts, which are due to return ia
plague the American farmer this sum.
msr. after being absent since 1894.
have made their appearance In the
vicinity Of New York city.
4 Curator Ditmars Of the New York
Geological society has discovered the
nrst grubs. several thousand In num-
Der, in an excavation near Nyack. N.
=. BY the time the frost Is out Of the
ground these thousands will b mill
lions, he says.
! During the last previous vista lions
the locusts literally covered suburban
New York, stripping trees. bushes.
hedges. lawns and truck farms Of
everything green and then. moving in
vast clouds, which obscured the sum-
10 fresh fields.
Chinatown will welcome the vista
don. The Chinese cook makes them
Into pies. roasts them. eats them as .
salad and dresses them in many mys-
FERROUS ways, and even New Workers
have found some Of these dishes
palatable.
The seventeen-year locust will also
visit Kansas within the next two or
three months. according to predic-i
ton of Prof. P. A. Glenn of the de-
partment of entomology at the Uni
versity of Kansas. Seventeen years
ago this spring Kansas experienced
the last visitation of the pest known.
to scientists as cicada. All indicari
tons here point to their seventeen
year proverbial visit.
The agricultural department IN
will issue instructions
how to cope with these destructive In
Bects. Benzine, gasoline or turpentine
mixed, with animal fertilizer, cor
rosive sublimate and nitrates have
been found effective heretofore in
checking the ravages Of the pest.
Seventeen years ago the locusts set
tied in New Jersey. stripping the
trees. bushes. hedges and lawns OF
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31
FRENCH BEAN COFFEE,
A HEALTHFUL DRINK

The healthiest ever: you can grow
It in your own garden on a small
patch 10 by 10, producing so pounds or
more. Ripens in Wisconsin 80 days.
Used in great quantities in France.
Germany and all over Europe. Send
Is cents in stamps and we will mail
you a package giving full culture d.
rections as also our mammoth seed
catalog free, or send 81 cents and get
in addition to above 10000 kernels
unsurpassable vegetable and flower
for bushels Of vege-
tables and flowers. John A. Salzer
Seed Co., 1872 8. 9Th St.. La Crosse, Wis.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31
TOWNS VANISH FROM THE MAP
More Than 600 In the State OF Ne
braska Have Disappeared in
Twenty Years.

Omaha. Neb.-More than 600 towns
have disappeared from the map OF
Nebraska within the past 20 years.
The majority of these were founded in
the great boom days of the west and
represented more hopes" than actu-
alities. However, many of them reach
ed goodly proportions before they
started down the incline. Railroads
and rumors of railroads were respon-
sible for hundreds of these near-towns.
but others we're founded on good bust
ness principles.
The Missouri river was the cause of
the rise and fall of number more.
In many cases, after the towns became
well established on its banks, the old
missouri seemed to resent the en-
croachment of civilization, and start
ed after" the houses which, had been
built close to its muddy waters. And
when the Missouri undertook to wash
q town away, the town eventually dis
appeared. There is no fighting the
mad Missouri"
Omaha, today, is a city of 100000,
with suburbs on all sides. But when
Omaha was an Indian village three
Nebraska towns were vying with each
other for the state capital. One OF
these towns has disappeared from the
face of the earth and the farmers
plow now passes over the spot where
Its largest buildings stood. The second
has become a mere village, although II
once was the rival of Omaha for the
terminus of the Union Pacific railroad
and the site of the big Missouri river
bridge. The third is today a suburb
of the city which was an Indian village
when that town itself boasted of being
the largest place in the state.
Barney was the name of good
sized town which was built on the Mis-
souri, about IS miles below Omaha. Blu
the Missouri got tired Of flowing b!
the town, and finally ate up all thu
dirt upon which the houses were con
structed. That was the end Of Barney
Benton was built in the boom days.
was located ON the Platte river ant
Union Pacific railroad. Time wa
when Benton had several hundred cit
liens, but today there IL no such tow
in Nebraska Il has disappeared
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31
A Fair Return.

A Fair Return.
Minister (arousing himself in bar
ber's chair)-All through yet?
Barber-Aye, lang syne.
Minister-Then / must have been
INDUCING in quiet nap?
Barber-Ye wis that, sir.
Minister-It was very good Of you
not to waken me. l am very thank
full for what has been a most refresh
ing sleep.
Barber-Hoots, man, baud yer
tongue; it's only a fair return. slept
all through your sermon last Saw
bath.-London Tit-Bits.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31
CHAPTER VII. (contlnded.)

"Just fold them in," said desper.
Ately. TIT isn't Difficult" And be-
cause was so transparent fraud
and knew he must find me out then.
said something about butter. and went
into the pantry. That's the trouble
with q lie: somebody asks you to tell
one as q favor to somebody else and
the first thing you know. you are hav-
Ing to tell thousand. and trying to
remember the ones you have told so
you won't contradict yourself, and the
very person you have tried to help
turns on you and reproaches you for
being untruthful! l leaned my ell
bows despondently on the shelf Of the
Kitchen pantry, with the feet Of q
guard visible through the high win
dow over my head. and waited for
Mr.. HARRISON to come in and demand
that l fold raw egg, and discover
that l didn't know anything about
cooking, and was just as useless as all
the others.
He came He heM the bowl out to
me and waved fork in triumph.
IT have solved it," he said. "Or.
rather, Flanagan and l have solved
It. The mixture awaits the magic
touch of the cook"
1 honestly thought could do the
rest. 1t was only to be put in a pan
and Drowned, and then in the oven
three minutes. And l did It properly,
but for two things: should have
creased the pan (but this was the
books fault; 1t didn't say and 1
should have lighted the oven. The
latter, however, was Mr.. Harbison's
fault as much as mine, and 1 had wit
enough to lay 1t to Observation-Disclosures
on the part Of both Of us.
After that, Aunt Selma or no Aunt
Selma, We decided to have boiled
eggs, and Mr.. HARRISON knew how to
cook them. He put them in the tea
kettle and then went to look at the
furnace. And Officer Timothy Flanni-
gan ground the coffee and gave his
opinion Of the board of health in no
stinted terms. AS for me, l burned
my fingers and the toast, and felt my
oOl 6lOWAA6 AOt duQ COlu, lOT i WAS
going to be found out as soon as Elan
nigan grasped the situation
Then, Of course, did the thing that
caused me so much trouble later. I
put down the toaster-at least the
HARRISON man said 1t was a toaster-
and went over and stood in front of
the policeman.
Il don't suppose you will under
stand-exactly." l said, "but-but If
anything occurs TOTO make you think
/ am not-that things are not what
they seem to bel mean, what l say
they are-you will understand that it
ls a joke, won't you? A Joke. you
know"
Yes, that was what said. l know
1t sounds like raving delirium, but
when Max came down and squizzled
some bacon, as he said, and told
Flanagan about the robbery, and how,
whether 1t was a Joke or deadly earn
est, somebody in the house had taken
Anne's pearls, that wretched police
man winked at me solemnly over
Nax's shoulder. Oh. 1t was awful!
And, to add to my discomfort, the
most unpleasant ideas would obtrude
themselves. What was Mr.. HARRISON
doing on the first floor of the house
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31
Gone Before.

Penn-Do you see anything Of our
old friend Growel? Last time l saw
him he said he didn't like New York.
Gothmite-That's SO. but I guess
he'd rather be in New York than
where he is now.
Penn-Where Is he now?
Gothmite-I wouldn't care to say
He's dead.-Catholie Standard and
Times.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31

lished testimonial or used . letter
without tho written consent Of the
writer, and never has the Company
allowed these confidential letters to
get out Of their possession, as the
hundreds Of thousands Of them In
their files will attest.
Out Of tho vast volume Of experience
which Mrs. Pinkham has to draw
from, it is more than possible that she
has gained tho very knowledge needed
in your case. She asks nothing in re-
turn except your good will, and her
advice has helped thousands. Surely
any woman, rich or poor, should be
glad to take advantage of this gener-
Gus offer Of assistance. Address Mrs..
Pinkham, care Of Lydia E. PinkhGm
Medicine Co.. Lynn, Mass.
Every woman ought to havo
Lydia e. Pinkham's SO-pago
Text Book. 1t Is not q book for
general distribution, as it Is too
expensive. 1t is FREQ and only
obtainablo by mail. Write for
It today.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31
pIsTEMPER

In all its forms among all ages of horses,
as we'll as dogs, cured and Others in Same
stable prevented from having the disease
with SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE.
Every bottle guaranteed Over 6OO, 900
bottles sold last year $50 and $l.0O. Any
good druggist, or send to manufacturers.
Agents wanted. Spohn Medical Co.. Spec.
Contagious Diseases. Goshen. Ind.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31

Faith must become active through
works. Deeds must spring spontane-
ously from the divine life within the
soul.-C. W. Wendte.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31

ADVICE
TO WOMEN

Women suffering from any form Of
illness are invited to promptly COM
municate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass. All letters are received, opened,
read and answered by women. A wo-
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take
as candy.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31

some women unless there's an occa-
sional bargain sale.
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Up to Him.

Tom-Tm dead sore. lost IS to-
day. feel like somebody ought to
kick me.
Tess (absently)-Why don't you ask
father for my hand tonight-he's right
in the library.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31

Your dluaest C NH 4sfDnd ~ money P2z6p 5rN
MENT fails to cure any, case OF Itching, Blind
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31

Garfield Tea stimulates the liver, cor
reefs constipation, cleanses the system and
rids the blood of impurities. All druggists.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31

Many a young man earns living
by working his father.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31

Even the dull man may be able to
make a bore of himself.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31

The Mani think you are the
worst-looking tramp have ever seen.
The Tramp-It's only in the pres
ence of such uncommon good looks
that looks so bad.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-03-31

man can freely talk
Of her private ILL
ness to q woman (:
thus has been es-
tablished this con-
hdence between
Mrs. Pinkham and
the " o on OF
America which has
mover been broken.
NAvor haa aha NH
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-08
"Thank You" Note.

BY Bertha Shelton, Aged 10, Checotah,
Okl Red Side.
Dear Editor: received the book that
you gave me for the first prize some time
ago and wish you to accept my heartiest
thanks. l was so surprised and pleased
that mamma said l acted as IL 1 were
crazy for a while for she always called
me her quiet and considerate child.
So 1 ran in the house and sat down
to my desk and wrote this piece of
poetry which ran as follows:
This book was presented to me
BY the editor of the Omaha Bee;
For they said i wrote the best story
And 1 believe did begorra.
felt so proud
That / cried out loud
And fen down on the porch and kicked.
Dear mother was scared for fear the
neighbors would think had been licked,
So ran to the right and I ran to the
left and showed It 10 all OF the neighbors
before 1 saw 1t myself.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-08
(EIonorable Mention.)
Going to the State Fair.

Wy Edward Beckord Aged IL Years,
Waco, Neb. Red Side.
Papa took US TO the state fair. We
went on the morning train.
The first thing We did when we got
In Lincoln was TO look for a room. We
got the last room in the Savoy hotel
We went to the museum and saw many
curiosities from our state and also saw
the new First National bank building
I'VE saw the vault and the door to it,
which weighs thirteen tons. 1 could shut
It. We were on top of the building and
could see all over town.
We vert to the penitentiary, Univers-
ity Place and Capitol beach at night.
They had the best fireworks ever saw.
The next day we went TO the fair
grounds. We took in shows and saw
tho horses, COWS. piss, sheep. chickens.
machinery ana automobiles. We were
in the Auditorium where they judged the
animals.
lilScd the statue made out of butter.
IT looked natural
We got lots OF books, badges and puE-
zles. I rode or the Ferris wheel. The
.HsRccs were fine. We were very disap-
pointed became the aeroplanes did not
20 up until after It was time to go to
oH- train.
1 was very tired when I got home. /
wan: 20 go next year again.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-08
Second Prize.)
Tale of a White Rat.

BY Reatha Shelton, Aged 10 Years, Chi
cotah Ok. Red Side.
must tell the Busy Bees about my pet
white rat. We just let it run loose in
the daytime and 1t liked my shoulder for
a resting place. 1t would climb up my
dress and mount my shoulder and rap
its long, cold, slick tail around my neck.
Boo! 1t felt like a snake, l imagine.
Still, I never had a snake around my
neck.
It had pink eyes and pink feet and was
quite large. No common mice will stay
around where a white rat is, so we were
rsl of them. 1t got so it would get into
our shoes at night and instead of coming
out as 1t got in, it would gnaw a hole in
them. 1t was all right for mamma, be-
caused it gnRwed hole right where the
shoe rubbed her corn.
It would always run up on her chair
when she was sewing and wanted to get
into the machine drawer; so she gave
bin fun possession Of enc of the upper
bdrawers. He carried stuff in there of
nights, as we always left it part opeA
for him.
He got so he would try to follow us
outdoors. One day he got out and car
grabbed him and she held to 1t. My
sister that 1 wrote to you about last
week grabbed the broom, but the raj
got more ticks than the cat, 50 1t nearly
died. Mamma gave a poor little boy a
dime to finish it, and that was the END
OF my white rat
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-08
What 1 Saw at Fremont Fall Festival

BY Arthur w. Mason. King, 1905 North
Second, Fremont, Neb. Red Side.
1t was a gala week in Fremont. The
Pohocco, the Fremont and the West
Point banus were at Fremont. There
were six different performances. a few
OF them were sleight of hand, slide for
life and balloon men. There was
clown band, consisting OF four instru-
ments and one drum.
One of the attractions was two men.
One OF them was a clown. One man
could turn a somersault in the air and
pick up a handkerchief in his teeth
without touching the carpet with AIS
hand
The clown would step on the chair and
make - fall, backwards. He would then
jump in such way as to make the
chair come i'm it's former position. He
would then sit down. Then all Of a sud
den he would turn a somersault in the
air taking the chair with him. Then
without stopping he let the chair go and
turned another somersault and then
jumped backwards as the other man
would pull the chair from under him
and he would fall.
There were 80 many good attractions
that there would not be room enough
to describe them. There were floral pa
rades, civic parades, fireworks. high
school and flremens pRrades, also nor
NAL parades.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-08
REFORMERS TO MEET HERE
Society for Friendless Holds Con-
vention in Omaha This Week,
THEY STUDY CHRONOLOGY
ornnntsation BevutcS It's Attention
Go RefOrmIuE Criminals ana Those
who Are Down aud out I'm
IICc's struggle,

Phllanthroplsts who help the down and
out" ministers who assist them spirit
ualy and men prominent in prison re-
form movements throughout the land will
come 20 Omaha October ie when tho Ma
tional Society for the Friendless starts its
three-day convention. The society is an
organization similar to the American
Prison congress, which holds It's conycn-
ten here on October 10, t6 and L.
The National Society for the FNiendlcss
was organized ten years ago In Topeka
by Rev Edward a. Frcdcrhagen ana
wife, who opened their home TO the
down and cutters and In this way
learned OF the conditions which make
criminals and ppupers. by hard work
Or. Fredeihagen succeeded in forming
such a strong organization from nucleus
OF a few volunteers that now the society
has reached proportions OF a national or
ganEation.- Representatives work prin-
cipally Ia Kansas, Missouri. New Mexico,
Kentucky, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota,
North Dakota, Montana, Washington and
Idaho. Nebraska was recently added to
the territory Of the society when Rev.
j. A. IIeavitt announced his intention OF
taking up the work and cooperating with
the other states, Dr. Leavltt was for
nearly twenty-one years president OF the
Ewing college in Ewing Ill., but resigned
to enter the work OF reformation OF Grim
inals and fallsn humanity.
The Nebraska division is headed by Or.
Leavltt superintendent; Judge Howard
kennedy, president; Judge Lee Estelle
vice president. and J. ]. Mahoncy, treas
urer. The convention hero is to be held
In the Young Mems Christian association
buildinE, and Judge Kennedy win preside
at all of the meetings on the last two
days of the meeting the entire attention
OF the convention win be given 60 the
study OF prevention and cure OF crime
and the reclamation OF criminals. on tho
last afternoon OF the meeting the Juvenile
sudges OF Nebraska will meet here and
discuss their various experiences with
child criminals and suggest remedies e
cure the criminal instincts OF the
youngsters.