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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-06-01

Something In . Name.
Ella-He's very narrow.
Stella-What do you expect OF .
natf--New York Press.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
WAS TAKING NO CHANCES
Chauffeur Had Had Enough Accidents
With People Wearing False
Teeth.

Pretty That's X, who has delighted
the audiences of New York's vaude-
vile houses, was called suddenly to
Vermont to visit her sick mother. At
a town a few miles from her parents
home she hired an automobile and
asked the chauffeur to drive her with
as much speed as possible to her
destination.
The roads were very bad. and the
car. making good speed up hill and
down dale. over rocks and ruts.
seemed bound to shake overheard its
occupants.
After little Of this jolting the
chauffeur turned to his fare and de-
manded:
Il say. ma'am. Do you wear false
teeth"
What impudence!" exclaimed
That's X.
"Oh. ma'am. 1t Is not from impu-
dence," returned the chauffeur. that
I asked you the question. 1t Is be-
cause the road Is bad. the rocks are
hard, and II you wear false teeth. you
would do well to remove them until
we strike the pike. I've had enough
accidents of that description"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
CURE THAT SORE THROAT

Sore throat is Inflammation OF the
mucous membrane OF the throat. and
II this membrane happens to be at all
sensitive predlsposition to sore
throat will exist.
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic is both a
preventative and q cure for sore
throat because It possesses extraor.
dinary cleansing. healing and germi-
cidal qualities. Just little In q glass
Of water. used as n gargle. will quick
ly relieve all soreness and strengthen
the mucous membrane Of the throat.
and thus overcome all tendency to
sore throat.
Paxtine is far superior to liquid an
tiseptics or Peroxide for all toilet and
hygienic uses.
Paxtine may be obtained at any
drug store. 25 and soc n box. or sent
postpaid upon receipt Of price by The
Paxton Toilet Co., Boston, Mass.
Send for free sample.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
Try This for Colds
Prescription Known for Results
Rather than Large Quantity.

Go TO your druggist and get 1.-TWO
ounces OF Glycerine and half an ounce
of Concentrated Pine compound. Mir
these with half pint of good whisky.
Shake well. Take one to two teaspoon
Smaller doses to children according to
age" Any one can prepare this at
home. This Is said to be the quickest
cough and cold cure known to the
medical profession. Be sure to get only
the genuine tGlobe) Concentrated Pine.
Each half ounce bottle comes in n tin
screw-top sealed case. II the druggist
Is out Of stock he will quickly get It
from his wholesale house. Don't fool
with uncertain mixtures. 1t Is risky.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
RajIroadino and DANCING.

Stuart c. Leake. who has n lot to do
with managing a big railroad In Rich
mond, Va. is noted as one OF the best
dancers In the south.
One night something went wrong
with the branch of the road over
which Leake has supervision.
Where In thunder was Leake?"
asked the president Of the road next
morning.
Leading a german" said the gen.
eral manager.
Which" commented the president.
twas a dirty Irish trick.
Magazine.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
SYNOPSIS.

Pittsburg with the forged notes in the
Bronson case to get the deposition OF
John Gilmore. millionaire. A lady re-
quests ,Blakeley to buy her q Pullman
ticket. He gives her lower II and re-
tains lower 10. He finds a drunken man
in lower 10 and retires In lower
ands his @ clothes & a1d bss missing missslnsS; I The
cumstantial evidence points to both
Blakeley. and the man who stole his
clothes. The train is wrecked and Blake
ley 10 rescued from a burning car by
girl in blue. His arm 10 broken. The girl
proves to be Alison West, his partners
fnds he is under surveillance. Moving
the wreck reveal to Blakeley q man leap
ing from the train with his stolen grip.
Investigation proves that the mans name
Is. Sullivan. Mrs. Conway, the woman for
whom Blakeley bought a Pullman ticket,
tries to make a bargain with him for the
missing; Blakeley and an 7amateur de-
sister. From a servant Biakeley learns
that Alison West had been there on q
visit and Sullivan had been attentive to
her. Sullivan Is the husband Of q daugh-
ter of the murdered man. Blakeley's
house Is ransacked by the police. He
his partner is on. Alison tells Blakeley
whom she was on her way to marry when
the wreck came. 1t Is planned to give
Mrs. Conway the forged notes In ex-
change for Sullivan. Mrs. Conway kills
herself and Bronson. and the ashes of
the forged notes are found In the room.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
Blew Too Hard

DO you remember the fat man who
used to live across the way and prac.
tee on n trombone every morning?"
"Yes"
Hes dead"
SERVES him right"
"Oh. he wasn't murdered. He rup.
tured a blood vessel
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24

"oh, very WE'LL" he said with as.
sumed Indifference.
Hotchkiss Just then escaped from
Richey's grasp and crossed the room.
did you ever wear glasses?" he
asked eagerly.
Never" Sullivan glanced with
some contempt at mine.
I'D better begin by going back q
little." he went on sullenly. Il sup
pose you know I was married to Ida
Harrington about hve years ago. She
was a good girl. and I thought lot
OF her. But her father opposed the
marriage-he'd never liked me. and he
refused to make any sort OF settle
ment-
Il had thought. Of course. that there
would be money. and 1t was . bad day
when found out I'd made q mistake.
My sister was wild with disappoint-
ment. We were pretty hard up. my
sister and l."
was watching Alison. Her hands
were tightly clasped in her lap. and
she was staring out Of the window at
the cheerless roof below. She had
set her lips little. but that was all.
you understand. Of course. that I'm
not defending myself" went on the
sullen voice. The day came when
old Harrington put US both out Of the
house at the point Of a revolver. and
threatened--I suppose you know
that, tool threatened to kill him.
MY sister and I had hard times
after that. We lived on the contin-
ent for a while. l was at Monte Car
10 and she was in Italy. She met a
young lady there, the granddaughter
Of a steel manufacturer and an heir
ess. and she sent for me. When I got
to Rome the girl was gone. Last win
ter l was all in-social secretary to
an Englishman. a Wholesale grocer
with a new title, but we had a row,
and l came home. l went out to the
Heaton boys ranch In Wyoming. and
met Bronson there. He lent me mon
ey, and I've been doing his dirty work
ever since"
Sullivan got up then and walked
slowly forward and back as he talked,
his eyes on the faded pattern of the
ONCE rug.
III you want to live in hell" he
said savagely, put yourself in anoth-
er mans power. Bronson got into
trouble. forging John Gilmore's name
to those notes, and in some way he
learned that q man was bringing the
papers back to Washington on the
Filler. He even learned the number Of
his berth, and the night before the
wreck, just as I was boarding the
train, 1 got q telegram"
Hotchkiss stepped forward once
more Importantly.
(which read, I think: Man with
papers inolower ten. car seven. Get
them.'"
Sullivan looked at the little man
with sulky blue eyes.
'It was something like that, any
how. But 1t was a nasty business,
and 1t made matters worse that he
didn't care that a telegram which
must pass through half dozen hands
v as more or less discriminating to me.
Then. to add to the unpleasantness
Of my position, Just after we boarded
the train l was accompanying my
sister and this young lady. Miss West
"a woman touched me on the sleeve,
and l turned to face-my wife!
THAT took away my last bit OF
nerve. I told my sister, and you can
she was In bad way. too.
We knew what 1t meant. Ida had
heard that I was going"
He stopped and glanced uneasily at
Alison.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24

I go on" she said coldly. 1T is too
late to shield me. The time to have
done that was when was your
guest"
We'll" he went on. his eyes turned
carefully away from my face. which
must have presented certainly any.
thing but pleasant sight Miss
West was going to do me the honor to
marry me. and"
"You scoundrel!" I burst forth.
thrusting past Alison Vests chair.
"You-you Internal curl"
One OF the detectives got up and
stood between US.
"You must remember. Mr.. Blakeley.
that you are forcing this story from
] this man. These details are unpleas.
ant, but important. You were going
to marry this young lady" he said.
turning to Sullivan. although you al
ready had a wife living?"
1T was my sisters plan. and I was
in bad way for money. II could
marry. secretly. wealthy girl and 60
to Europe. 1t was unlikely that Ida
that is. Mrs. Sullivan-would hear
of It.
so It was more than q shock to see
my wife on the train. and to realize
from her face that she knew what was
going on. I don't know yet, unless
some OF the servants-well, never
mind that
1T meant that the whole thing had
gone up. Old Harrington had carried
gun for me for years. and the same
train wouldn't hold both OF us. OF
course. thought that he was in the
coach Just behind ours"
Hotchkiss was leaning forward now.
his eyes narrowed. his thin lips drawn
to q line.
Are you left-handed. Mr.. Sullivan"
he asked.
Sullivan stopped in surprise
"No." he said grufly. Cant do
anything with my left hand" Hotch-
kiss subsidized. crestfallen but alert.
Il tore up that cursed telegram, but
I was afraid TO throw the scraps
away. Then I looked around for low
er ten. II was almost exactly across
my berth was lower seven, and It
was, Of course, bit OF exceptional
luck for me that the car was number
seven"
Did you tell your sister Of the tel.
egram from Bronson?" I asked.
mo. 1t would do no good. and she
was in a bad way without that to
make her worse"
Your sister was killed. I think"
The shorter detective took a small
package from his pocket and held It
in his hand. swapping the rubber band
which held 1t.
"Yes. she was killed." Sullivan said
soberly. What I say now can do her
no harm"
He stopped to push back the heavy
hair which dropped over his fore
head. and went on more connectedly.
"It was late, after midnight, and we
went at once to our berths. uh-
dressed. and then I lay there for an
hour. wondering how was going to
get the notes. Some one in lower
nine was restless and wide awake,
but finally became quiet.
':The man In ten was sleeping heav
lily. could hear his breathing. and It
seemed to be only a question OF get.
ting across and behind the curtains
Of his berth without being seen. Aft.
er that. It was a mere matter Of quiet
searching.
"The car became very still. I was
about to try for the other berth. when
some one brushed softly past, and !
lay back again
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
Somewhat Different.

"My name." said the great TRACE.
dian. "has adorned many billboards."
And mine." rejoined the low com.
edian. has adorned many board
bills.'-Chicago News.
The Way Of the World.
isn't 1t awful? According to the
papers. there just seems to be one rev.
olution after another.'i
"Yes: that's the way the world goes
round."-Judge.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
The Present Need.

"Ah!" said an enthusiastic admirer,
"you will live in the hearts of your
countrymen."
Maybe So" answered the father OF
a new idea, "but the problem that con-
fronts me now is how to pay the rent
or a flat"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
For Girls,

Booth Harrington. at a dinner In In.
diamonds. praised wittily the hus-
band OF domestic tastes.
"a great match" he said smiling
toward n group Of pretty indianapolis
girls" a good match. ladies'. Is one
who never goes out."-Cincinnad In
quirer.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
On the Verge.

A waman and her daughter we're at
sea during rough weather. After a
silence OF some time the mother
asked: Are you seasick. Dear?"
mo, think not" replied the daugh-
ter; but I'd hate to yawn.
Home Journal
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
Gojnu the Pace,

81 understand they are up to date
reople'"
Decidedly so. They stand off the
butcher. the baker and the candlestick
mkaer. so they can live continuously
IT an atmosphere OF dust and gaso-
line"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
How She Scored.

Mrs. Urban-I threw n stone at an
old hen this morning. and hit her.
too.
Urban-With the stone?
Mrs. Urban-S-nO. but the stons
Jared an apple off the limb Of tree.
and the apple fell on the hen.-Chi-
cago News.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24

Those days are lost in which we do
not good: those worse than lost In
which We do evil.-Cromwell.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
Shock for Literature.

The literary man who goes into
vaudeville runs q great risk OF being
humiliated when he compares his
earning capacity with that Of tAs
trained elephant
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
What He SIiaoed On.

"And you say you had n bad fall.
Pat?"
''Indade I did. SIR"
"What did you slip on?"
"Shure. think II was on Monday.
sir."-Yonkers Statesman.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
Rouoh Gojno,

A man never loses anything by be-
ing polite.
He-Oh. yes. he does! gave up
my seat in a crowded car to lady
and within five minutes I lost my
4uilibrium.-Yonkers Statesman.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24

Mrs wtnsiow's Soothing Sysup for Children
te-thing. softens the gums, reduces inhamma'
tIon alIays pain, cures wind collie. &c u bottle.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24

am not so lost in lexicography as
to forget that words are the daughters
OF earth and that things are the sons
of heaven.-Samuel Johnson.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24

There never was a good war or q
bad peace.-Franklin
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24

Natures laxative. Garfield Tea, is made
of clean, sweet. health-giving Herbs.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put up
30 years ago. They regulate and invieor-
ate. stomach. liver and bowels. Sugar
coated tiny granules.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24

squander time, for time Is the stui
life is made of.-Franklin.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
a Good Samaritan.

Once. when I was Ill. he gave me n
punch In the stomach"
II don't gee why you should be
grateful for that
'It was milk punch. They
strengthen. you know"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
Ask rom ALIENS roOr-rAsf

ASK fOR ALIENS FOOT-EAsE
th. Antis- ptc powder to shake Into your sbocs. Re-
ueyss torns. Bun!ons. lngrUwin. Nails, Swollen nd
Sweating feet. Blstcrs and Caliocs spots. sold
everywhere. 10. Don ooes pf substitute. Sal
pic FREE. Address Allen .. Olmsted. Is Hoy, NY
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Irrsgi a. refund mossr II II fails 4. cure. T. "
GhUy Il s signature . On each box. &c.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
Reckless.

"Pipps doesn't care what he buys on
credit
NO. You would think that every
day he lives Is his last day on earth.-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24

Good Customer Of America.
Morocco uses about two thousand
barrels OF American cottonseed oil
yearly.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24

Youngest Daughter OF the House
Dad aren't you going to ask Cissie?
You know what a shindy she kicks up
II she doesn't get first pick.'-London
Opinion.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
A. Glimpse Of Heaven.

Paterfamilias-"We Mr.. Smith
I'm pleased to see you at our humble
board for the first time. Now Is there
any particular cut you fancy"
Prospective Son-in-Law-"Oh-n
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
important to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
MANY ARE MILDLY INSANE
Never Make Trouble Unless Opposed and Seldom Meet With Anything
 but Consideration.

"There are more mildly insane people at large in a big city like New York than the average person imagines," said an official of down. town safe deposit company to a New York Sun man. "We have period ical visits from a richly dressed elder ly lady who has the hallucination that her son is shut up in our vaults. We go through the same procedure every time. We have one of our men show her over the building and into the big vault. We treat her with every courtesy and finally convince her that she's made a mistake. If We opposed her there might be trou- ble, but by following this course she leaves us much happier than when she came in. happen to know that at certain bank a middle-aged man comes in at regular intervals and apologizes for having overdrawn his account. His family is well known at this institution and in or der to satisfy him they sometimes have to accept deposit, which of course they return to his family. They can't reason with him and to prevent scere they let him do as he pleases. These unbalanced peo- pie never make any trouble unless they're opposed, and they seldom meet with anything but considera- tion."
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01

of a good detective story are so old and well known that 1t may seem banal to state them even in outline. A policeman, stupid but sweet-tem- pered, and always weakly erring on the side of mercy, walks along the street, and in the course of his or dinary business finds a man in Bull garian uniform killed with an Aus tralian boomerang in a Brompton milk shop. Having set free all the most suspicious persons in the story, he then appeals to the bulldog pro- fessional detective, who appeals to the hawklike amateur detective.
 'The latter finds near the corpse a bootlace, button boot, French newspaper, and return ticket from the Hcbrides, and so, relentlessly, link by link, brings the crime home to the archbishop of Canterbury"
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
CHILD SAVED SISTER.

Little five-year-old Marguerite Mainguage, whose father IS farmer at Laroucheyres, in Auvergne, France, is a real heroine. She was playing with her young sister Gene vieve recently, when the child fell into a deep part of a brook. Gene vieve picked herself up, but the water was up to her face as she stood. She cried out for help. Mar guerite held her, and at last suc- ceeded in pulling her out of the brook. When their mother and some neighbors arrived and heard the whole exciting story they were amazed at the marvellous presence of mind and energy displayed by this child of five. Her brave conduct is to be rewarded by the authorities with medal for saving life.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
THIS LADY'S
 GOOD APPE1
Mrs. Hansen. In a Letter
 Mobile. Tells How She Gained

Mobile, Ala.-"I suffered for years, with womanly trouble, Mrs. Sigurd Hansen in a letter this city. "I felt weak and aiwa!s' headache and was always so'l the doctor. At last was opelas and felt better, but soon - same trouble. c.j
 My husband asked me to try Y, I felt better after the first po'un now, l have a good appetite anu we'll. ! feel fne, and the oo0, me am looking better than saw me-" ,,.
 If you are sick and miseiaDss sss suffer from any of the pains womanly trouble--try Carou. \
 Cardui is successful because composed of ingredients tha, Ds sou found to act curatively on the ly constitution. x..1
 For more than fifty years II .as n used by women of all ages, WI success. Try it. Your drnss's
 N.B.-W'rite to. Ladies Advisory 4rs a' p.sas fs S noosa Medicine Co. Chattanooga ,. Hens n Instructions, and 64-page hook ou reauee or Women" sent in plain wrappe''
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
VICTOR HUG0's GOLDEN GIFT
How the Great Writer Rewarded the Chlffonnler Who Had Found
 His Lost Spoon.

A Paris chiffonnier makes living of a sort, and he sometimes, in over hauling the dustbins, comes across find. In this respect Paris contem- porary relates capital story of Vic tor Hugo A little silver gilt sou venir spoon, which the poet valued very much, disappeared. Through the carelessness of the maid servant it had found its way into the ash bucket, and in due course into the hands of the chiffonnier who prac- ticed in the district.
 This worthy succeeded in getting the poet to awake from his reveries and to descend from the lofty heights of Olympus, in other words his study, to receive back the lost spoon. Hugo was delighted to get back his souvenir. The author of "Hernaai" was never prodigal, 80 he rewarded the chiffonnier by presenting him with a copy of his "Les Chansons des Rues ct des Sois," saying 'There, my man, you will find in 1t as much gold as is contained in any Jewel case in the world. d."-London IG1oha
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01

habltants. This is well Illustrated throughout Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and in many parts of Eng land itself, but nowhere is the sur viyal of aboriginal names so general as in New England and some other sections of the country. Whenever one of these names is dropped, as has been done to some extent in the White mountain region, where good Indian names have been made to give place m too many instances to names bestowed in honor of individ- uals. If the practice had stopped with the five peaks of the Presi- dential range, it would have been much better. In the case of the vil- lage of Mantle, in Rhode Island. however, there appears to be no spe- cial occasion for regret, as there is another Mantle a few miles away, and this particular village was not originally Mantle anyway. It was changed from Charlestown to Dorr- vile, from Dorrville to Mantle, and has now been again changed to Bradford.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
VERSATILE APPLICANT.

A young negro approached the manager of an Alabama theater the other day and said
 "Mistah, An wants to speak to au- thority."
 ''To what" asked the manager. 'To authority"
 "Oh, I'm the authority here. What is it?"
 "Does yo' want to hiah good comedian?"
 'No."
 "Ah song an dance jest lak Mis- tah Buht Williams"
 Nothing doing"
 The negro hung around. Say, mistah," he said moment later, "does yo need a good potah heah ?" "No, got one," said the manager. The negro still hung around. Finally he grinned and said:
 "Well, say, Mistah Authority, is yo' got ole suit of clothes yo' doan' need?'
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
TO WRITE DEFECTIVE TALES
l0. x. Chesterton, Who Does Them Himself, Gives Recipe for This
 Class of Stories.

For man who writes detective stories c. K. Chesterton maintains a painfully skeptical attitude toward them. Here is %. K. C.'s" recipe for the writing of this kind of litera- ture, as given in the Illustrated Lon- don News:
 T like detective stories; I read them, write them but do not be- Ilieve them. The bones and structure
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
BLuEeERRIEs AND cLAMS'

It is a far cry from clans to onq berries, but nevertheless they { pretty closely related to each o11 just at present. The clam supply not over abundant now, and all
 se the blueberries are ripenla There are many places down the E where blueberries are to be secun The men who ordinarily dig claa7 are picking the berries and dmaEn{ good penny, so they do not give ,' attention to the bivalves.-Porfla Press.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-01
SURVIVAL OF OLD NAMES
Nowhere Does Aboriginal Nomencla. ture Stick as It Does In Parts
 of New England.

In all countries the names of rivers, lakes, mountains and locali- ties longest retain the traces of the language spoken by the earlier in-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-06-07
Spends Week Visiting.

g. A. Rogers formerly Of
the News, spent last week visit
ing his family here, Mr.. Rogers
is now foreman Of the Sterling
Construction Co., of Milwaukee