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Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-08
"ZOkERS" IN THE PUBLICITY ACT.

Strange omissions and perhaps a
stranger provision covering various
items of personal" expenditures
of candidates for senatorships have
been discovered in the new nation
al law for publicity before and af-
ter elections of members of con-
gress. How are these jokers to be
viewed? Is the act which has been
SO warmly commended, full of loop
holes and tricks? If so, who is re-
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-08
COULD BE GAGGED.

"They say that vegetation runs
riot along the Amazon. Battles
imagination, SO to speak"
"Oh, I don't know. Looks about
like an Easter hat, I judge"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-08
CAUTION.

$50 you won't allow your children
to pick eggs on Easter Monday9"
"No. I decline to encourage games
of chance involving such valuable
considerations"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-08
NO WONDER.

Gver-I know a man who actually
lives on shavings."
Myer-Get out!
Gyer-Fact. He's barber.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-08
GOSSIP.

$50 that prima donna married her
manager"
eyes. She wasn't satisfied with
salary. She wants alimony, too"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-08
A MODERN EQUIVALENT.

"My grandmother says they used
to have barn dances in her day"
81 see the idea. Now, why couldn't
&c get up a garage hop"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-08

sponsible for the fraud on the pub
lie?
The senator's who were most
earnest in improving the house bill
against corrupt practices and for
publicity were very busy during
the session, but where were the
other members of the senate, or
the house, for that matter? Are
important measures read and passed
carelessly in congress?
The jokers are particularly I'm
fortunate because people who take
a deep interest in political reform
may charge something more than
negligence. The emasculation of
this act-the best piece of legisla-
ton, apart from reciprocity, enact
ed at the special session-calls for
an investigation.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-08
ITs STYLE.

1 "What did you think of that WON
derful hair-growing remedy?"
"Think? 1 tried it. It was a
bald pretense."
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-08

A Massachusetts, court has de-
cided that the husband is boss in
the home. However, that doesn't
make it so.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-08

In passing, we might observe
that Thanksgiving day will come
later this year than usual. How
ever, it will be celebrated in No
vember, but on the last Thursday
of the month, which, in 1911, falls
OIL the goth, there being five
Thursdays in the month this year.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-08
HIS IDEA.

Mrs. Henpcck-I see that wife
claims that her husbands affections
have been alienated by his mother
in-law.
Mr.. Hcnpcck-Ah! stop your kid
ding.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-08

Mike (reading)-Steamer sinks
In midocean.
Pat-Any casualties?
Mike-It don't say; nobody was
lift alive to tell whether there was OF
not!
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-08

We note by careful observation,
that we have Danier in our
midst. although, unfortunately(?)
he halls from our sister city, Isabel,
who takes upon himself the respon-
sibility of telling the county dads
how to run the affairs of the coun-
ty Jon more economical basis,
particularly in the distribution OF
fuel and feed which the railroad
company has agreed to ship into
our locality free of freight charge.
From the attitude this juggler of
cheap advice, one would infer that
the commissioners has been hasty
in making arrangements to handle
this business, when as matter of
fact there was conference held by
them with the immigration agent
of the c. M. & P. S. railroad be-
fore anything was done.
Mr.. Truesdale. who poses as the
spokesman for the .homesteaders.
when as matter of fact he is rep
resenting a business firm at Isabel,
who, to the disadvantage of their
competitors, would handle the bus
mess at Isabel free gratis, would
appeal to the ordinary mortal as
bunkum, and it looks as if two or
three individuals are endeavoring
to tell everyone else where to head
in. In Our next issue we will en-
deavor to show conclusively, in
figures from authentic sources that
the county commissioners are saw
ing the homesteaders a good deal
more than the salaries of the men
who have been appointed to take
care of the ordering and distribu-
ton of these supplies.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-08

s--~ ,ssY-- -
III. &EGf
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
CHAPTER vlI.-Ccntlnued.

The sight of 1t might well have
caused establishment or alarm in the
girls mind. But it was neither alarm
nor establishment that her next act
expressed. She dropped down on her
knees beside the rude wooden bunk,
drew the chest up close in the tight
embrace of her young arms, laid he;
cheek against the cold polished sur
face of its blackened wood, and cried.
Every question that might have
asked itself-how the thing could
have come there. and what its coming
might pretend to herself or to the
other of the Aurora's people-was
swept away in a sudden rush of filial
affection and regret which the sight
of it instantly awoke. 1t had reached
her with that sudden poignant stab
Of memory which inanimate objects,
familiar by long association, seem to
be more potent to call up than the
very persons of the friends with whom
,hey are associated. The sight of her
father himself could hardly have had
so instantaneous and overwhelming
old chest, which was one of the earli-
est Of her associations with him.
1t had always stood, until he had
taken 1t with him on that last voyage
of his. upon a certain farther corner
of his desk in the old library. 1t was
one of those objects of class that
children always love-smooth. pol
ished, beautiful; beautiful and at the
same time. defying curiosity.
1t was quite masterpiece of cabi-
net work. No hinges were visible,
and the cover fitted SO closely upon
the box inself that the line which
separated them was hard to discover
And there was no trace of keyhole or
lock. To those uninitiated into its
secret, it defled any attempt tc
open it,
Presently she seated herself on the
bunk, took the little chest on hel
knees and set about opening 1t. BE
tween the cold and her excitement she
found this rather difficult thing tc
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
CHAPTER VIII.
Apparitions.

AppdTltiohS.
Roscoe did not pause to investigate
the effect of his blow, nor to waste a
second one. If the man who had con-
fronted him there in the companion
way was dead. so much the better If
he were only half-dead, the job could
be finished at any time. He was out
of the way for the present at least
Roscoe hurried on, searching state
rooms and passageways and finally
the crews quarters, forward
When he had satified himself that
he and his men were in undisputed
possession of the yacht, he emerged
on deck aaein by the forward hatch
way, and found Captain Planck al
ready there. IIe directed him to go
below with Schwartz. who had been
engineer aboard the whaler, and get
steam up as promptly as possible. He
himself remained on deck, directing
the unloading and stowage of those
precious golden slabs that the rest
of the party were bring out in boats
from the shore.
We've got II all, Roscoe, unless you
want them barrels of whale OIL" 9
man in the last boat sang out as they
came alongside.
well leave them to pay for thii
nickel-plated ship" Roscoe answered
Come! Look alive and get aboard
| Well be ready to start as soon as w
can get little daylight"
He looked them over. numbers
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28

do, though her mind never, never
hesitated over the slightest detail of
the necessary formula of procedure.
She knew in just what order to press
in those innocent-looking little orna-
mental tacks in the brass binding; re-
membered the right moment to turn
the box up on it's end and let the
just released steel ball roll down its
channel to the pocket, where 1t must
lie before the last pressure upon the
last spring would prove effective. She
no more faltered over it than she
would have faltered over her alphabet.
And at last, when her numbed fin
gers had completed their task, the
counter-weighted lid rose slowly by
itself, just as it had used to, and re-
vealed to her swimming eyes the con-
tents of the interior.
Up to the moment she had not real
lied what the finding Of the dispatch
box meant. 1t had not occurred to
expedition, a narrative which would
reach, perhaps, to the morning of the
last day Of ALL was lying here, right
under her eyes.
But now when the cover opened and
she saw beneath it a thick volume,
bound in red morocco, she realized
that here, under her hand, was the
very object, in search of which the
Aurora had set out upon her perilous
voyage.
The first sight of her fathers clear.
erect, precise handwriting warmed
her with sudden courage But even
this new inspiration of courage did
not make her strong enough to turn
back and read the last entry in that
tragic journal first. She tried to do
it, but the will failed her. So she be-
gan at the beginning. Once she had
plunged into the fascinating narra-
tive, the whole of the outside world
faded away from her. She was oblivious
to the fact that the darkness outside
was no longer the mere darkness of
the fog; oblivious to the rising wind
that poured its icy stream through the
leaky walls of the hut and made the
candle flicker; oblivious, even to the
very sound which she had meant to
wait for-the sound of Toms voice
calling out to her from the yacht, and
the sound of other, more alarming,
nearer voices.
They all fell on deaf ears as she
turned page after page of that pre-
cious record Of her fathers life. 1t
was written, in the main, in the scien-
tific, observant unimpassioned temper
which she knew so well. He chron-
icled those days of peril, when their
ship, crushed in the ice, and only kept
from sinking by that very ice, which
| had just destroyed her, was drifting
along in the pack to what seemed
/ certain destruction, as quietly and as
explicitly as he did the uneventful
voyage through Behring strait. The
mans courage was so deeply element
al in him that he could not be self
conscious about 1t.
He told of the land, the strange, un
charted shore, whose discovery offer
ed them respite, at least, from that
destruction; told how he got his re
naming stores ashore and built the
hut, where, in all human probability
he and his companions were to spend
the rest of their lives.
Finally she reached the record oi
the day when he had consigned to the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28
SYNOPSIS

Philip Cayley, accused of crime OF
which he is not guilty. resigns from the
army in disgrace and his affection Tor
his friend. Lieut.. Perry Hunter. turns TO
hatred. ,Cayley seeks solitude. where he
perfects a flying machine. While soaring
over the Arctic regions. he picks up
curlously shaped stick hc had seen In the
assasstn's hand. Mounting again. he DIS
covers a yacht anchored In the bay. Dc
scendng near the steamer. he meets a
girl on an Ice foe. He learns that the
girls name Is Jeanne Fielding and tnat
the, yacht has come north to seek signs
explorer. A party from the yacht Is ma
king search ashore. After Cayley departs
Jeanne finds that he had dropped a Gu,
rtously-shaped stick. Captain Planck and
the surviving crew sof his wrecked whaler
are In hiding on the coast. giant rut-
man named Roscoe, had murdered Fielding
and his two companions. after the ex-
plorer had revealed the location OF an
enormous ledge of pure gold. Roscoe then
took command of the party. 1t develops
that the rufflan had committed the mur-
der witnessed by Cayley. Roscoe plans
to capture the yacht and escape with
big load of gold. Jeanne tells Fanshaw,
owner Of the yacht, about the visit of the
sky-man and shows him the stick left b,
Gayley. Fanshaw declares that 1t is an
darts. Tom Fanshaw returns from the
searching party with a sprained ankle.
Perry Hunter is found murdered and
Cayley is accused OF the crime but Jeanne
believes him innocent A relief party goes
to find the searchers, Tom confesses his
love for Jeanne. She rows ashore and
enters an abandoned hut
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28

throw 1t Off, he clustered, stormed at
and abused them for a pack of liars.
But in the end he sprang down into
one of the boats, and said he would
fetch the box himself. Whether he
believed their story, or not, 1t was
the only thing for him to do.
AS he pulled shoreward he tried
hard to convince himself that he did
not believe 1t; that Rose and Carlson
had probably forgotten all about the
box, and had trumped up the story to
avoid the necessity of going back for
1t.
He beached his boat, scrambled
ashore and set out walking doggedly
along in the direction of the hut The
fog was still all but impenetrable, even
to his practised vision, but he knew
the shore like the palm Of his hand.
and he trudged on without a pause,
until he was within ten PAGES, per-
haps, of his destination.
But there he faltered and stopped,
turned about, under an irresistible i'm
pulse of fear, and would have fed
had not sheer necessity compelled
him to stop again. There was light,
diffused yellow glow, faint but un-
mistakale, shining out OF the windows
Of the hut.
He knew he could not go back to
the Aurora without that box; 1t was
necessary both to his future safety and
his present command of the situation
His one hold upon those sullen follow
ers of his depended upon his being Inn
pervious alike to terror and to defeat.
If he were to 60 back now without
accomplishing his purpose, 1t would
only be question of days before they
murdered him. They all hated him.
enough for that, he knew.
Yet, even under that necessity, fit
was three or four minutes before, at
the command of his burly will, he bee
gan creeping forward on hands and,
knees toward the lighted window OF
the hut
And when he reached point where
he could command its interior. his
knees slipped out from under hin. and
he lay prone upon the icy beach, HE
face buried in his outstretched arms.
For those two sailors had told the
| truth.
Presently he drew himself up and
squatted back on his launches, star
ing. Human or not, the figure there
in the hut seemed unaware of his
presence. 1t was staring at the ex-
piring flame of the candle in profound
abstraction. When it stirred. as pres
emily It did. 1t was with a natural,
human motion. And then the candle
went out.
In the few seconds Of silence which
followed, his terror returned upon
him with full force. But 1t went
away as suddenly as 1t had come, and
with It's recession there surged up in
him a wave of british anger. It was
no ghost that had sat in contempla-
ton over the contents of that box.
for 1t was moving now, with huula
ootsteps-faltering, uncertain foot
steps, at that And when 1t appeared.
Just visible and no more, outside the
doorway, It called aloud In human
voice-a woman's voice.
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
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the very morning when Roscoe had
murdered him. Its discovery would
go a long way toward bridging the
gap which Roscoe meant to leave in
their departing trail. In short, If that
rosewood box were left behind, Ros-
coe would always feel that he was in
more or less danger of detection. And
he didn't mean to have thing like
that hanging over him.
Consequently, when he discovered
that the box was not on board, and
that his particular injunctions con-
corning 1t had been either neglected
or disobeyed. he came raging up on
deck again, a most formidable figure,
which caused his companions, harden
ed ruffians though they were, to cover
and shrink away from him.
In torrent of furious blasphemy,
he demanded to know why that box
had not been brought aboard; and the
concentrated lees of his rage he
emptied at last upon the two men
whom he had ordered to do 1t.
Now" he concluded, when the tor
rent had spent itself. you go ashore.
you two. Yes. you, Carlson-I mean
you-and you. Rose; go ashore now
and get it."
Then, after momentary silence,
he ragged out the command again,
amid foul flood of abuse.
But still they made no move to
obey, and the big Swede. in evident
terror. answered him. II won't get
it, Roscoe. If you want that box, you
can get 1t yourself"
What In hell do you mean?" the
leader stormed. But his voice, even
as he spoke, lost its confident tang of
authority
You tell him." said Carlson. nod
ding to his companion. Rose. Evident
ly 1t was Rose who had told the story
to the other members of the party. He
was sQuatly built man with stub
born jaw, and Planck, in the days OF
his command, had always disliked him
as that most undesirable pest that can
be found in a forecastle-a sea law.
yer.
What did you leave the box in the
hut for?" he demanded. He might
not have come back If you had left
1t in the cave"
Come back!" echoed Roscoe. with
a growl.
That's what said. We went to
the hut to get It. and there was a
light inside, and there he sat, just like
he used to. And he had the boz
open"
He! Who do you meant" There
was no trace of turbulence In Roscoe's
voice now. He spoke as though his
throat was dry.
1T was Captain Fielding; him tc
the life. And, yet, it was different
from the way he used to be. We
couldn't see it very well. It's face was
sideways and the light was behind 1t
and 1t looked smaller and thinner
more-more like a woman. (If Rose
had had the word spiritual In his vo
cabulary. he would have used it. II
default of 1t, he gave up trying tc
express just what he meant) Any
way, there he sat with the box oper
beside him, and that red book of hii
open on his knees. Go back for ii
Well. guess not"
There was a momentary silence aft
er he had finished, and Roscoe coult
feel It. as 1t stretched itself out to thf
length of half minute or SO. the chill
of their terror enveloping him. Tt
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-28

Clrcumstantlal Evidence.
He says that he thought all day
yesterday that It was Saturday"
do you think he really did?"
IT guess so, he took bath"
Evening journal., 1911-02-11
Shooting 10 EuL

Poetry. It rs said. at lhe present
time is somewhat of q drug 0n the
market. aa a Gee tain Scotchman end
would-be "Robhy Burns fouud out to
his cost when De tried Co dispose OF
hing, by ihe way which be nev-
er did
"T wish dcar." De remarked 70 his
sister one day. "thal you would take
lhis latest poem OF mine 90 your hus-
band and ask him what he thinks OF
IFS merits"
His sister willingly agreed TO do So.
and that evening took the poet Dcal
brain wave in question 90 he- hue
band saying, "HOu ere such a gOod
judge of poetry, George wish You
would just run your eve through this
poem of my brother's end tell me
what you think of IT,"
Tho long-suifering husband who
bad wadod through too many scindi-
laiions 0f the kind ON previous Occa-
sions, took 20 up with sign ahd
commenced TO read it M ouEh. The
poem was entitled IL Wonder Whcth-
ar Hen Miss Me?'
The good fellow read it right
through from beginning to end.
Then he handed 90 back 10 bis wife
remarking sadly "He ought never 3,
be trusted with firearms again if b,
does. "-Tit-nits.
Evening journal., 1911-02-11
When the Stork A.ppears

The babies OF today ere not togged
out in the foolish frille cries and fnerles
that were thought 80 very long ago 70
be of paramo1nt Importance in the
iavette The 1870 infant arrives at q
moment in which the admirable virtue
OF common sense is applauded. ana IL
g. therefore made neither the victim
OF fads nor the martyr of experiments.
Weightv clothes find no place IN the
modern infants wardrobe. but after
many controversles gainst long clothes
Of the baby's earliest months the con-
clusion has been reached that the old
fashioned sweeping robes shall be re-
tsined with long sleeves rather than
the short ones. which recently have
been in vogue.
Trp TO the fninute mothers have
sdopted the beg idea OF clothing for
the newborn infant which icca is be-
ing used in several baby hospitals and
public nurseries. When the bag is
used an clothes are dispensed with exc
rept the band diaper. This bag is q
simple square OF flannel Of a soft fine
quality fitted IN the shoulders and
opening at the hem by means Of snaI
Fasteners Ike those on gloves The
bag Is made long and wide to enable
the little legs and arms 70 move al
ease. The extra width. says hospi-
al nurse. is gathered into a shor
shoulder seam Ike the top Of sleeve
and as the child grows older the sld'
scam Is ripped open for q couple o.
frches and faced 50 the arms may b'
messed through UP 20 the elbow. Thl
neek u finished with a three inch sli
Evening journal., 1911-02-11
HOUSEHOLD NOTES
BY Maude &. cillsy.

Prunes are greatly improved if a
little cider is added to the water in
which they are cooked.
TO iron embroidery, the iron should
be applied ON the wrong siQe and a
thick ironing blanket used
TO prevent eyeglasses "steaming'
I'm cold weather, rub with -yaselne
and polish witch a silk handkerchief.
If a niece OF parahn paper is wrap
ned around the knife blade it VIII cut
butter without making fit crumble'
NJ one needs a door stop and there
is no. one at hand, a large spool nail-
ed i'm position will answer every pur-
10 remove odor of fish or onions
from the frying pan, put in vinegar
and heat until scalding and then
wash out
Milky umblers should be washed in
cold water. Putting them into hot
water viii cloud the glass perman-
entity
A baker says that a cupful Of liquid
yeast is equivalent to half a COM
pressed yeast cake or a whole dry
Yeast cake.
Oyster cocktails are sometimes sery-
ed in small grapefruit shells or i'm pa
per shells. The effects is decidedly
pleasing.
Ink stains on handkerchiefs, etc,
may often be soaked ont in milk, but
the sooner they are dealt with the
better.
a spoonful Of whipped cream is a
tasty addition to any cream soup
Add Il to the ton of the Gun lust before
serving.
Evening journal., 1911-02-11

to allow the head % pass through Tho
snap fasteners at the lower edge of tne
bag make changing Of the diaper a.
comfortable orera non And There is
no pulling Of the little arms in and ou-
Of sleeves TO make baby cross and I'M
some instances to hurt the tiny mus
cies very seriously. OF course it gives
the mother idea ioit 20 dispense with
tho sweet little slips. handmade and
embroidered, but what she loses in are
tistlc beauty her baby gains I'm health
and strength.
The custom Of announcing haby's ar
rival is steadily increasing in this
country .and a very original touch
was given an announcement sent out
not long ago by wen known Berlin
musician when his wife presented him
with a son and heir. The announce
ment took the form Of four bars %
music inscribed on a card. The proud
parents musical friends at once rec
ognized that they were from "The Mes
siah and that the words fitting them
were Unto us q child is born. unto us
a son is given"
Evening journal., 1911-02-11
BUSINESS SCH00L
III VALENTINE DANCE

The Wilmington Business COLLEGE
will give its annual valentine donoe
in Eden Hall on next Wednesday
evening. Invitations have been sent
20 thc friends of the school. and ela0-
crate prena aiions are being made 'o
make this one of The most on'oyeoie
affairs ever giren by the college.
Dainty programs have been deaigned
for thc dance in keeuiue With The
valentine season Tho reception com-
niuee consists of Niseos katherine
n0nohoc. Alma Rrison and J A.
Shalcioes sraushach's 0rchest ?
win furnish music for the occasion
and Belts viii be cl-tercr. THE
n8tronceees are. Mrs. W. H. bca-
com SITS W e Thompson and Mrs.
y A. Smelizer