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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-30
THE GIRL OF THE MIDDLE CLASS
T>AKE it from me, Old Top said the reporter, "the
bromide center of New York city is situated at the

>AkE 1t from me- Old Top, SAID the reporter, the
bromide center of New York city is situated the
corner of Broadway and 90th-st That's where
Mr.. Middle Class lives Call him bromide, Philistne
or in the street. he's bound to have his nine
apartment and bath somewhere thereabouts MIR. Aver
age Man is broker He eighteen hundred
dollar motorcar and hunts in the Adrondacks up in
Maine two weeks every fall. His wife is good looking
middle aged black satln with the gray spots
in her hair modestly touched up She plays bridge and
has manicure rnasseuSe come in every Friday or
There's one who seldom leaves Broadway at night
who putting up margins during his lunch hour, and
always getting stung. Such the Baker MENACE
business and heaters and bridge and occasional dance
But Miss Baker-Bessie Baker the lovely duckllng
in this family of male and female hens.
"At thirteen Bessie changed her to Elizabeth,
did up her hair heightened her skirts and began open
her eyes the fact that she hopeess middle class
and doomed to marry insurance agent If she didn't
look sharp,-thence small fiat on l6th-st, baby,
and gossipng life the dumb waiter of the next
apartment. Elizabeth had aspirations, and began
make plans for Bryn Mawr She went through the high
school Pa strong for the public schools and
about swell seminary hfe) and was just about to
try for the entrance examinations, when furry in
p D. & Q. something put Father Baker in hole,
and-zip!-the university education was out of the
game for poor Elizabeth.
did the old man care? Not so; he never took much
to the idea of making hghbrow of Bessie. He thought
it would spoil her chances for matrlmony-yOu know
the old idea But the girl really terribly cut up.
Middle class society beginning to get her
All she heard talked bridge and business, theaters
and teas from morning till night In her world romance
unknown Nobody ever eloped, nobody ever did
anything great criminal Girls grew up had children,
and died without ever knowing adventure Men had
mysterious but to her vision gents always
well dressed goved, and caned, paying silly compli-
ments, talking bosh, and sending violets What was
the other side of the wall that surrounded her? that
was what she wanted to know She knew milonaireS
and paupers, not a suffragette No friend of
hers got into the papers No girl had secret she
could and did not babbe all her friends In her
of philosophy unheard of. Literature was confined
the ffteen-cent magazines and art to the thrtyve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-30

He was a Russian, and
had been in the fight
ing organization of
the Revolutionists all
through the campaign
of 'O5. He explained
the theory of the Ter
ror, he told of shoot
ing behind barbados,
of the manufacture of
bombs, Of plots, con-
spiracies, heroes, and
martyrs of fifteen,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-30

Copyright, 1911, 10y Gelett Burgess
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
VIII Hold Reunion.

Sioux Falls.-Many conventions are
to be held in Sioux Falls this sum
mer. n for July will be the annual
meetings of the Norwegian society
known as the ''Tronderleget,' which
is composed of N~orwegians who We're
pioneer residents of the northwest.
The society has thousands of mem
bers in the northwest and there will
be a large attendance.
One of the features will be the an
nual banquet, for which upwards of
900 plates will be laid. The society
covers the states of North and South
Dakota. Minnesota, Iowa and Wiscon-
sin.
Another big gathering for July will
be the midsummer meeting of the
South Dakota Press association, Sioux
Falls having been selected by a popu-
lar vote of the members of the asso'
citation.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02

dangers for the brave, an unknown
world to conquer and room for all"
In the swift march of national
events during the past decade, the
development of the west has focused
the attention of the world. 1t FUR
nishes n Of the most inspiring pages
In the annals of our commonwealth.
achievement-a battle with nature in
her s%ternest and most forbidding as.
pect.
But irrigation has wrought its mir
acle, and the wealth of that portion
of the country which great statesmen
in Webster's day were wont to de-
clare worthless is greater now than
that of the entire nation in 1860. OF
especial interest is the project located
in northern Wyoming.
AS the springtime showers and
sunshine fall upon the snowy peaks
of the lofty mountains on the eastern
rim of Yellowstone park, a thousand
streams rush downward to fill to
trimming the swift-fowing Shoshone
river. An important physical change
VIII occur at such a time. The flood
that once. unchecked and uncon-
trolled, swept madly through the rock
walled gorge, will beat itself to still
ness against a massive wall Of con-
crete with which nan has blocked
the canyon. A beautiful lake, 100 feet
deep and covering 10 square miles,
will appear.
In this wonderful cash in the noun
tains, with perpendicular walls a thou
sand feet high. the government has
erected the highest dam in the world.
It is a wedge Of concrete 1928 feet
from base to top. It's height can
only be appreciated when compared
with that well-known structure, New
York's famous Flatiron building would
reach within Al feet OF the top of the
dam. and the tip-top Of the dome
OF the United States capitol would
fall Fl feet short of the parapet.
In the summer, when the crops are
thirsty, the big gates will be opened
and the pent-up floods will be released
into the river below. Another dam.
q low structure of concrete. will d.
vert the waters through a tunnel
three ad a quarter miles long into
a canal which for 40 miles passes
along the upper edge Of a broad and
fertile valley containing 100000 acres.
Two years ago it was a desolate
waste. Today it contains more than
200 farm houses and three thriving
towns. Last year 10000 acres pro-
duced crops ON this project. The bea'
con OF hope shines brightly in the
west. 1t beckcns the landless man to
he manless land.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
Rulinc on Tariffs,

Washington, ID. c. = Proposed adj
ances in the freight rates on grain
and grain products from North and
South Dakota producing points to
such primary grain centers as Mime
apolis, Duluth, Milwaukee and Chicago
are held by the interstate commerce
commission to be not unreasonable.
The commission held, however, that
the former established rates from
origin to these destinations should be
restored, except in instances of bona
fide error in tariffs or manifest vic.
lations of the long and short haul pro-
visions.
Advances in rates on coarse grain
II wheat from South Dakota to Oma.
ha, Neb., were condemned.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
VESTS GREAT DAM
Shoshone Structure in Wyomint
Is Worlds Highest.
Erected In an Effort to Reclaim tn.
Arid Valleys in the Region
Observation-Disclosures Water
Thirsty Crops.

Sheridan, Wyo.-Once a wilderness
SO unpromising that it evoked deri.
sion In the halls of congress, the west
has become today the land of fortune
and opportunity. In this land OF
boundless distances the altitude is
stimulating, the air is a tonic, giving
health to the infirm and courage to
those who have failed elsewhere. It's
constant sunshine encourages optim.
ism and cheerfulness. The glories OF
its opal-tinted dawns, the indescrib.
able beauty of its sunsets and the
nameless w~itchery of its twilight soft.
ly melting into night are the work
Of 9 divine painter.
It's canyons, sculptured during I'm.
told centuries by wind and wave, are
unrivaled in their wonderful and
varied coloring and In their awe-in.
spring depths. It's deserts, in vast.
ness Of area, In potential wealth OF
soil and climate, and in rivers of con.
slant supply, are sleeping empires
awaiting exploitation and develop
ment. Here nature offers to every
man his birthright-a wide sky, the
sunshine, the wind and a sure reward
fer intelligent effort. 1t is our own
land OF mystery and enchantment, OF
crumbling ruins and of lost races
which have utterly vanished.
The late Governor John A. Johnson
of Minnesota we'll said the west sym.
bolizes homes for the homeless, food
for the hungry, work for the unem.
ployed, land for the landless, gold
for the penniless, freedom for the en-,
shaved, adventure for the restless,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
Fiohtinu Man.

1t is mans nature to fight. It is his
merit to fight for what he believes to
be right. Courage and bravery are not
achieved by hiring a lawyer. A man
who is not willing to fight to the death
for the right or fir his own is not as
good or complete a man as one who is
willing. But opinions about this are
not SO important as the fact that it is
mans nature to fight, and that neither
resolutions nor legislation nor provi-
sion to get over all kinds of trouble
any any other way than by fighting
will avail.-Eldwood Hendrick in the
Atlantic.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
Two Sets of Muscles.

You have two seets of muscles, the
outer ones, which you can feel and the
inner ones, which are your lungs,
heart, stomach and other internal or.
gans. The outer ones are conven
fences for performing actions. The
inner ones are your life-the fate
which makes you happy or depressed,
powerful or weak, useful or the con-
trary. These inner muscles require
training, just like any other muscles,
by intelligently directed exercise
National Magazine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
Another Natural Park.

Decentralization Taft has signed
the proclamation establishing the Har-
neY national forest reserve in South
Dakota. 1t embraces 5S,3S2 acres for
merly contained in Black Hills forest,
5S.727 acres taken from the public
domain. The Harvey reserve includes
Harvey Peak, the highest elevation in
the Black Hills and with the addition
of land from the public domain will
make one of the finest reserves in the
country. The scenery will compare
favorably with that sc much lauded in
the scenic places of Europe.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
WanI Township Wells.

Pierre.-A petition has been receiv.
ed in the office of State Engineer Lea
coming from Nuremberg, in western
Stanley county, in which the petition
ers ask for a survey for the purpose
of locating four township wells in the
township of Lack Hawk. The local
ity lies at a considerable elevation,
and there is a question as to their
ability to get artesian water to the
surface in that locality, but a prelimi-
nary survey with elevations will be
made, and the possibility of success
be taken as one of the factors of push.
ing the work to the drilling stage.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
Easy Enouuh.

Barry is literary rather than mathe-
NAUTICAL in his tastes. His teacher was
trying to initiate him into the mys-
teries of division. During the struggle
she said in depair: Don't you even
know how many times three goes into
twelve?" Jaw, that's easy" said the
~eight-year-old in disgust, three times
and three over.'-Woman's Home
Companion.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
Companies Are Merged.

Pierre.-A deed has been FLEA with
the secretary of state by which the
Continental Telegraph company, for
the consideration of one dollar, trans
fers all its rights and property in the
state of South Dakota, North Dakota,
Montana, Idaho and Washington, to
the Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget
Sound railway company.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
Looking Out for Number One.

Sydney had been given some dis
carded millinery with which to amuse
herself. She trimmed a marvellous
looking hat, and so arranged 1t that q
long red ostrich plume hung straight
down from the front Of the brim, over
her baby face.
Come here, Sydney" said her
mother. LET me tack that feather
back, out of your eyes"
ooh, no, mother! want it that
way, so l can see 1t myself. Most
always only other people can see the
feathers on my hats.'-Judge.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
Wealth of Nations.

So far as outside investments are
concerned Great Britain is by far the
wealthiest nation of the world. But
there is no data which will enable us
to decide the wealth of any people.
The extent of investments, the in.
comes of government, the extent Of
foreign trade, the produce Of countries.
would all require to be taken into con-
sideratiOn In arriving at conclusions
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
Teiephone Reports Not Definite.

Plerre.-The new telephone law of
last winter, requires considerable
change in the statements to be made
to the state board of assessment by
telephone companies doing business
in the state. The companies are be-
ginning to get in their new reports,
and so far more than half Of them
have been returned for correction be.
fore they will be accepted.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
Vessey Names Delegates.

Pierre.-Gov. Vessey has appointed
as South Dakota delegates to the Ma
tional Conference OF Charities, which
meets in Boston, the following gentle
men: A. r. S~shlosser, superintendent
of the state training school at Plank
inton; Howard Simpson, head of the
deaf mute school at Sioux Falls: ana
state board of charities.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
DRAINAGE Decision.

Sioux Falls.-An important decision
defining the rights of tae farmers OF
South Dakota under the state drainage
law has been rendered by the state
supreme court in a case arising from
Turner county.
The decision is in substance to the
effect that boards of county commits
sioners cannot longer arbitrarily re
fuse a person additional drainage
when he discovers that q drainage
ditch already constructed needs to
be made larger to properly drain the
land through which it passes. The
decision is of Importance to the farm
crs OF the state.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
Dean Sterling Resigns.

Vermillion-At a meeting of the
board of regents of the South Dakota
university here, Thomas Sterling,
dean of the college of law since it was
established. rendered his resignation
to take effect at the close of the year.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02

10000 Seals Captured by Ono Boat.
London.-Eleven steamships of the
Newfoundland sealing fleet have hac
fair catches, the Bonaventura. the first
to return to st. Johns, bringing back
10000 seals.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
Vast Difference.

Between the nan who tries to make
himself useful and the man who seeks
merely to make himself necessary, the
difference is great. One is honorable
the other an intriguer.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
Little Ones Briuht Idea.

THAT is very pretty crockery, in.
need" said the little girl who was
looking at the bric-a-bras. 81 suppose
these are some of the family jars of
which | have heard Uncle James
speak.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
Recommended For Pardon.

Pierre.-The state pardon board has
recommended a pardon for Christian
Christensen, sentenced from Clark
county about fifteen years ago for life
On the charge of having murdered his
wife.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
To Referendum Law.

Pierre From reports in the Black
Hills section of the state petitions
ire being circulated under rush or
lers to carry the immigration depart
ment Law to the people for a vote.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
Samaritans Are Coming.

Pierre.-The state insurance depart
ment has granted authority to do bus
mess in this state to the Modern Sa
maritans, a ~fraternal order with head
quarters at Duluth, Mimi.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
BOARD TAKES UP MATTERS IN
CONNECTION WITH 1911
FAIR AT HURON.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From tire Capital City, the Various
State institutions and Diff.
ferent Parts Of the
State.

Huron.-The members of the state
board of agriculture were in this city
for two days in session with Pres. }. w.
Campbell and Secretary G. N. Nell
vaine. Matters relating to the next
annual state fair were taken up and
discussed.
Contracts were let for a big barn
to be erected on the fair grounds, for
an artesian well on the grounds, and
also for sewerage from all Of the build
ings on the grounds.
A great need of a building for the
display of poultry and nothing else
was talked over. The board is deslr-
Gus of having this building put up as
soon as possible, but it is feared that
it cannot be done this year. A set
of resolutions has been received by
the board from the state poultry as
ISOLATION, urging that such a building
be put up. In case this We're done,
the present poultry building would be
used entirely for creamery exhibit.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
Rates Problems Up.

Sioux Falls.-At a meeting held in
Sioux Falls by the state board or rail-
road commissioners several petitions
were considered relating to telephone
rates. After investigating such petit
tions at Waubay and Summit the
board at it's meeting here granted a
rate at each place of S1.75 per month
for desk phones and $3.50 per month
for wall phones, the companies having
asked hat they be permitted to es-
tablish a 50 per month rate. In the
case of several telephone lines at
BeresfOrd, the board adopted the re-
port of Commissioner Rice and order
ed that certain lines should make a
connection with each other.
In the matter of an application for
a change in freight grain rates be-
tween Ortley and Twin Buttes. Com
missioner Robinson was given author
ity to make an investigation and re-
port to the board at another meeting.
June q was fixed as the time for a
hearing by the board at Aberdeen in
the matter of a complaint filed with
the board by the implement and vehi-
Gle houses of Sioux Falls and Aber-
deem tina the rates on agricultural
implements are too high In South Da-
kota, compared with other states.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02
Clean Sanitary Floors.

Varnish, which is commonly regard.
ed only as a beautifier, Is an efficient
sanitary agent. Vanished surfaces car
be cleaned by wiping, and the microbe-
laden dust is thus kept out OF the air.
A vanished floor is therefore not only
up to date, beautiful and easily clean
ed, but is wholesome. The National
Association of Varnish Manufacturers,
636 The Bourse, Philadelphia, Penn,
are distributing free a booklet entitled
Modern Floors" which tells how
floors may be made and kept whole
some and attractive. Send for one.
Varnish is cheaper than carpet and
far more satisfactory.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02

A man car lead any woman to talk
but he can't always make her say
what he wants to hear.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething. softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
iou, allays pain. cures W lind collie, Csc q bottle.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02

Garfield Tea overcomes constipation.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02

0AYGMTe Fortunes au made In pa1on1a Hk
Ell = tect yourideeA Our - paSo -
Fitzgerald { Co. Dox X W~aahln6teA
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02

Anyway, there is nothing monoto.
nous about the weather.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02

Plain Words.
What do you think OF her figursT
ut losks to me like a frame-up."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-06-02

WR HALING in Brazil is prac-
AAH tically confined to a region
H extending along the coast
of the state of Bahia from
ASSn do Tnrro 1OA de.
Audubon County journal., 1911-05-25

dividual fur combinations, and Of
those uniting velvet and cloth. or
cloth and fur, or plain and beaver
cloth, the amateur will have no diff
hculty in making. Or there are fichus
that are simple to make, and evening
scarfs, mantelettes, and shou1der-capes,
any of which will prove most useful
addition to the wardrobe of the aver
age woman. =
Two and one-half yards Of flve-inch
lace, or deeper; one and a quarter
yards of slightly deeper lace for the
fichu ends; also, one and quarter
yards of insertion, four inches wide,
together with a half-yard of black
tulle for the lining, and yard Of
ribbon velvet for the bow (though 1t
may be made with less)-will make
the fashionable mantelette here pic
tured, for figure of medium size.
The time required for the light sew
ing necessary for such work at most
would be three hours.
Audubon County journal., 1911-05-25
PEACH TREE CREEK BATTLE
Sergeant Newberry Tells Interesting
Story of Flight He Witnessed
From Ravlne.

On July 19 the Fourth corps and
F'ourteenth corps and the First and
second divisions of the Twentieth
corps crossed Peach Tree creek to the
eastern side and formed lines, while
the Third division of the Twentieth
corps remained in camp some six
miles or more from the battlefield. On
the morning of the goth I was ordered
to take Is men and corporal and fol
low the line of march of the division
and the batteries and ammunition
wagons and gather up and bring
forward all who might fall out of
ranks.
1T was very hot day, and as the
line of march was through woods the
shade was some protection. We had
advanced several miles, and the bat
ter1es and ammunition teams could
follow the divisions line of march no
farther because of obstructions and
mad to move off to the left, and did
not join the division until the battle
was over and the victory won.
concluded my orders required mo
to follow the line of march of the di-
vision, and l did so. We had gather
ed about go who had fallen out on ac-
count of the heat, and came to tho
creek about II a. m. We crossed.
and the valley beyond was from 200
to 400 yards wide and was covered
with growing corn. We found spring
and shady place, and halted for Tim
ner. writes Joseph B. Newburg, ser-
geant Company l., Seventy ninth Ohio.
now residing in Montana, in the Ma
tional Tribune. After eating 1 went
up on a hill near the right. flank of
the Fourth corps. and, looking down
the valley, caught sight of our head
quarters flag. gathered my men,
and we got there as quickly as We
could. It was now about 3 p. M,
and there was a rapid skirmish Oh
the ridge on the east side and our
division in line of battle at Its base.
| sent the men that had gathered
to their commands, and then, as bull
let's were flying around us, / was or
dered to take few prisoners that
had been captured back across the
creek and out of range. got my
men, and with the prisoners started
toward big cottonwood log that lay
across the channel of the creek. AS I
neared the log soldier passed me
with his gun and all of his. equip
ments. He had but few steps to go