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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-02-17
GAMBLE BILL up TO TAFT
House and Senate Pass Measure for
Relief of Homesteaders.

Senator CANDLES bill providing for
the relief of settlers in North and
South Dakota, Nebraska and other
states has passed the house and
senate and now goes to the president
for approval
The bill relieves homesteaders from
the necessity of occupying claims dur
ing the winter months. It gives them
leave of absence from their claims un.
til May Is and extends until that date
the time within which they are re
.quired to effect an actual settlement
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-02-17
HIGH SCHOOL oRAToRY
NEXT.
First Annual District Contest to
Be Held in sisseton, Mar. 10.

Friday evening Mar. 10, the
first annual district declamatol.,
contest will take place at the
opera house Contestants from
Peever, Summit, Wilmot, Grace
vile and Wheaton will be pre-
sent andrender selections. There
will be goldand silver medals pre-
sented tothe contestants winning
first and second places.
These medals will be on displa,
at Fostensons Jewelry Store
next week. The cooperation of
all the high school in thisvicini-
ty- is sought in the interest OF
better public speaking.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-02-17
ABERDEEN TO VOTE ON PLAN

Commission Government and Munich.
pal Court on Ballot.
In a few days Aberdeen will hold
a special election to vote on the ques-
tions OF establishing a municipal
court and to adopt the commission
form of government. Petitions bear
ing the required number of signatures
praying for the election have been
filed with the city auditor. Under the
law the city council must call the
special election within twenty days
and advertise the election for ten
days. Both questions have been agi-
tated for some time.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-02-17
Bullet lodged in Brain.

While CANNING { veyoT'9cr in the
postcfiice at Horse Creek, north OF
Belle Fourche, Walter Hartig. twenty
one years old, was accidentally shot
and fatal!> wounded by his younger
brother Henry. Surgeons We're sum
moned. but the bullet is lodged in the
brain.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-02-17
vessey Vetoes First Rill.

Governo" Vessey used the veto for
the first time at this session on the
Hursh bill permitting circuit courts
to wind up the affairs of the defunct
mining companies. The governor
finds that the proposed law is uncon.
stitutiOnal.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-02-17
HEAVY FINE ON A JEwELER
Must Pay $4,000 for Violating South
Dakota Law

After changing his plea in the cir.
cult court at Deadwood to guilty"
George N. Butler, local jeweler, was
fined $4,000 for buying Homestake
gold amalgum, contrary to the law re-
quiring record of purchase.
The amalgum had been stolen by
Lead youths who confessed syste.
matte robbery of the mills.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-02-17
CHILDREN KILLED III i.4al

Sprinofield Scene Of Fatal ChIc!ren's
Party.
A fatal fire at Springfield result
cd in the death of Adelia, aged thir
teen, and Charlotte, aged ten, the
daughters of Nir. and Mrs G. e.
Dawes.
The children lost their lives while
entertaining a company of .playmates
at home. When the smaller child at
tempted to light the fire with kcro-
sene the stove exploded, enveloping
the girls in flames.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01
MOLLY PITCHER, HEROINE

the important battle Of Monmouth, N. ]. In
the latter battle her husband. gunner, had
fallen. when she sprang to his place and fired
the cannon.
Molly had been carrying water to the SOL
diers from spring, the mercury being at SO
degrees In the shade. As no one was able to
take his place when he became incapacitated,
It Is said she dropped her pail, seized the
rammer, and vowed that she would avenge
his death. She proved an excellent substi-
tute, her courage exciting the admiration of
all, and on the following morning. In her soiled
garments General Greene presented her to
Washington, who praised her gallantry and
commissioned her q sergeant.
It IL related she received many presents
from the French ofhcers and that she would
sometimes pass along the French lines. cooked
hat in hand, and would get It almost filled with
coins. She IL said to have served in the army
nearly eight years in all. She was placed on
the list Of half.pay ofAcers and for many years
after the Revolution lived at the Carlisle bar
racks, cooking and washing for the soldiers.
The house IN which she spent her later
years In Carlisle was demolished In recent
years. She died January ~. 1898 at the age
Of sevsnty-nine. and Wa buried with military
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01

The bestknown Of all the American hero
ines Of battle Is Molly Pitcher. the story Of
whose adventures especially on the battle
field at MONMOUTH. Is one Of the most pictur.
esque incidents of the revolutionary war. The
early life Of Molly IL somewhat vague She
is supposed to have been born at Carlisle, Pa.
October 10, 1744. Her right name was Mary
Ludwig, and while the soldiers were only "a
millar with her first name. calling her Molly,
they soon applied the second. because whef
ever they saw Molly they also saw the pitcher
with which she carried water to the sick and
wounded in the camps.
Several writer's say Molly came to this coun
try from Germany with her parents, who were
among the Palatines. The first Information
we have Of her IL that she was employed as
maid in the family Of General Irvine. at Car
Isle, and on July "a, 1769. was married to
John Hays, barber. Her husband was COM
missioned gunner In Proctor's First Pennsyl-
vania artillery. Continental line. December l..
1775, and Molly followed him to the field. This
was q common thing for the wives Of private
soldiers to do. their time being passed In
laundering for the oflcers.
AT the assault at Fort Clinton she showed
much pluck and also the following year in
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01

by the fact that the number twenty-one ID
formed by the addition Of the figures l. T. z, g..
comprising the numerals in Uncle Sans birth
Cay year.
Every saluting vessel in the United States
navy will thunder out salute to Independence
day no matter whether she be at anchor in
foreign port, tied UP In one of our navy yards
or cruising out OF sight Of land in the open
sea. The national salute is the one used just
as 1t is on Memorial day and on Washington's
birthday. The salute Of minute guns Is pre-
scribed under certain conditions in the navy,
but the regulation interval between guns In
all salutes including the national salute OF
twenty-one guns Is five seconds During the
firing of the salute all the officers and men
stand at attention. 1t Is customary for for
eign warships anchored in American harbors
to fire salute in compliment to the United
States On the Fourth and the same courtesy
is usually shown by foreign forts and warships
when Yankee naval craft are spending the
eventful holiday in alien waters Whenever
any foreign authorities or ships fire our ma
tional salute, the firing Is no sooner concluded
than an officer from the American ship In
port makes an official call upon the foreign
officials and extends thanks.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01

firing of salutes. On United States warships,
where guns of every caliber are at hand, from
which to pick and choose the saluting Is
usually done with three-pounders and on shore
light artillery or field pieces Of about the same
dimensions are utilized.
A salute should consist of a specific number
Of discharges having certain significance,
and one or another Of these regulation salutes
are fired when the noise-making Is in the
hands Of regular or volunteer soldiery, but in
dependent gun crews recruited for the Fourth
continue to claim extensive license In this
respect. There are several different salutes
as prescribed in Uncle Sans books OF regu-
lations that may be adopted for the Fourth
of July greeting. Perhaps the most extern
sively used of all Is the American salute Of
one gun for every state in the Union BY
allowing an interval of a minute and a half be-
tween discharges this salute can be strung
out for more than an hour and at ha1f-minute
intervals, which is slow enough to suit most
persons, 1t enables an interval Of booming that
exceeds twenty minutes.
Another salute that Is used on this holiday
and that is appropriate to the occasion Is the
old Federal salute of thirteen guns-one for
each of the thirteen original states. This sa-
Lutte is no longer used to any great extent
on other ceremonial occasions. but 1t comes
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01

the Fourth Of July salutes for noise making
was genuine fun for the men who did It years
ago, whereas 1t is no more nor Aess than q
detail Of the days work for Uncle Sans gun
ners. Indeed 1t may surprise some of our
readers to learn that there are artilerymen
In our regular army and men-o'wars-men on
our naval vessels who thoroughly detest the
roar of the big guns. 1t Is not that they are
afraid or are lacking in experience, for some
OF these men have been in the service for
years and have repeatedly faced death in a
variety of forms and yet many veteran
never gets over his dislike Of the din at close
range.
But then the enthusiastic crowds that on
the Fourth Of July hear the echoing salutes
in the distance have no idea of the shocks
administered to the men behind the gun when
a shooting iron" of any size let's go. The
strain Of waiting for each report and bracing
himself to Withstand 1t is also severe tax
on the nervous system Of the gunner to say
nothing of the unpleasant experience that fol-
lows the discharge when the gunner is struck
in the face as though by sharp gust Of wind
and sustains jarring. particularly Of the
spine. which may force him to have a me-
mento all the remainder of the day In the
form of a severe headache. OF course guns
Of the largest size are never employed In the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01

honors. but her grave remained unmarked un-
til 1876. when Peter Spahr Of Carlisle con-
,ceived the idea Of erecting monument.
A monument on the battlefield of Monmouth
further commentaries Molly Pitcher, bias re-
lief representing her in the act Of ramming
a cannon. She also figures in George Wash.
. ington. Parke Custis' painting The Field Of
Monmouth" So familiar had the heroine OF
Monmouth become that the name Molly
Pitcher" was applied by the continental SOL
diers. in their hot and weary march through
New Jersey, to any woman who brought them
water to drink.
Molly" is credited with having remarked
at banquet at which there were British SOL
diers. when she was called upon to toast King
George: When Washington leads his soldiers
into battle, God help King Georgei"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01
WANTED TO SLEEP
Curious That Tired Preacher SHOULD
Have Such Desire.

A minister speaks of the curious Of
feet of Grape-Nuts food on him and
how 1t has relieved him.
you will doubtless understand how
the suffering from indigestion with
which / used to be troubled made my
work an almost uncomfortable burden;
and why 1t was that after my Sabbath
duties had been performed. sleep was
. stranger to my pillow till nearly
daylight.
Il had to be very careful as to what
I ate. and oven with all my care ex-
perienced poignant physical distress
after meals. and my food never salts
ned me.
"Since I began the use Of Grape
Nuts the dement's I have derived from
II are very definite. no longer suffer
from indigestion, and I began to Inn
prove from the time Grape-Nuts ap-
peared on our table.
II find that by eating dish Of this
food after my Sabbath work Is DONE
(and always do 30 now my nerves
are quieted and rest and refreshing
sleep are ensured me.
Il feel that could not possibly do
without Grape-Nuts food. now that
know its value. It u invariably on our
table--we feel that We need II to make
the meal complete and our children
win eat Grape-Nuts when they cannot
be persuaded TO touch anything elsa
Name given By Postum Co. Battle
Creek. Mfchienn. n y
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01
The Old Gao.

Miss Lillian B. Rowe, at an adver-
tisenient writer's dinner In Denver.
said of the harem skirt:
1T will soon be 30 widely worn that
the old gag. perpetrated in the 40s on
men, may proftably be revived for
women victims.
Some sharper, you know, will re-
vive the gag by advertising in the
Ladies' Own
"'Send 81 and learn how to keep
your harem skirt from becoming
fringed at the bottom
thousands of dollars will pour In.
and to each victim the sharper will
reply:
"Wear knickers."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01
an mr. NORXXyYC az
mr. ORNOZkS/O

In pat on Independence
day. Extensive use ID
also made on the Fourth
Of the standard national
salute Of twenty-one
guns. Ordinarily this
number of guns Is also
accepted as the interna-
tional salute and 1t Is
also the special salute
Of the president OF the
United States, fired
whenever the chief mag
istrate visits a fort or
steps aboard a naval
vessel. The salute Is
popular on the Fourth
because 1t seems to be
just about the proper
length and it's use on
this holiday Is justified
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01
The Kaiser Likes the Bible,

The kaiser is great reader. and
while he tries to keep himself abreast
of current events, his favorite book is
the Bible, says the London Chronicle.
A well thumbed and marked copy il
always by his bedside. When Mr..
Roosevelt visited Berlin last year. the
kaiser made him present Of num-
Der of books. About half OF them re-
ferred to theology and, the others to
military subjects. These two classes
indicate the kaiser's own preferences.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01

Jiggs-That marriage broker was 70
get 10 per cent. of the girls estate for
arranging match with French mar
Quis, but he did better than that-hs
took 1t all.
Wiggs-How?
Jiggs-Married the girl himself.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01
Couldn't See tho REESE mbIance.

Couldn't see tho Hesempiance.
They have been Joking Assistant
Treasurer James A. Matthews Of the
Guardian bank. on his resemblance to
President Taft. and Mr.. Mathews has
steadily refused to be annoyed there
by. So the jokers subsidized and the
joke died natural death.
Until the other night, when Mr.. and
Mrs. Mathews dined together with
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harmon and their
little daughter, when the Taft resem-
blance was revived. Turning to young
Miss Harmon. Mr.. Mathews asked
whether she. too, thought he looked
like the president.
Dorothy studied long and earnestly.
Then she answered:
mot in the face. Uncle JIM
Cleveland Leader.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01

cd terribly. Marked Improvement fol-
lowed the use of Doan's Kidney Pills.
In six weeks ! was well woman. MY
friends and relatives marvel at my
recovery"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storskeepers everywhere. Price 600
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01

gun n ers grew
tired or the pow
der was exhaust
ed and when the
volume of each
peal of artificial
thunder varied
according to the
guesswork of the
a m a I eurs in
measuring out
the powder.
In one way,
though. 1t Is a
pity that there
had to be any
change In the
method of firing
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01

hand or foot. Ny
right limb was swol-
len to twice normal
size. I looked the
picture Of death and
my case puzzled the
doctors. The kidney
secretions were high
~ colored and scald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01


glories to come. And what man, whatever his
years or present-day responsibilities. can
wholly forget the keen anticipation with
which he awaited that early morning sum
mons. II. indeed. he was not down on "the
commons" or the vacant field at the edge of
town to see with his own eyes the barking
of the tanned dog of war.
From time out of mind the firing of salutes
with cannon has been one of the approved
methods Of celebrating the Fourth of July and
1t 70 likely that 1t will continue to be the fash
ion to the end of the chapter, no matter what
other changes may be made in the approved
form Of concentrating our festival of indie
pendence. The discharge of big guns on the
July holiday is simply an elaboration from the
noise-making standpoint of young Americas
practice Of exploding frecrackers, and since
the average red-blooded citizen Is merely a
small boy grown TALL there is widespread
sympathy with, II not cooperation in. this
noisy acknowledgment Of the glorious Fourth
Whereas cannonading seems to be fixed
feature of the program Of the day we cele
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01
a MARVELLOUS REcovERY.


Mrs. Ray rrusnsr. 80 West Third
st.. New Albany. Ind. says: Kidney
disease had rendered me q chronic In
valid. lay In bed unable to move
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-01

HE early morning salute on the
Fourth of July is to the celebra-
ton OF our greatest national holi-
day much what the gorgeous
morning parade. or better yet.
the grand entree" and pageant
Of all nations, is to a long-awaited
circus-that is in the eyes Of the
average small boy. 1t is at once
the herald and foretaste of the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07

The rapidity Of development In this
age is such as to cause many to lose
sight of the fact that some OF our
chief industries are Of comparatively
modern origin. Cotton spinning has
come to be one of the foremost Of
manufactures in this and other coun-
tries, says the Milwaukee Evening
Wisconsin. But in the present form
It has been in existence less than a
hundred years, the first cotton-spin-
ming mill in the United States having
been started In 1911 at Fall River,
Mass. That city is preparing to OBJ
serve the centenary Of the business.
and next year will have an imposing
celebration. 1t may be of interest to
know that when cotton manufacturing
was started there Fall River was
known as Troy. name which was re-
tanned until 1884. Cotton goods OF
various kinds are made in Troy, N.
Y, and vicinity, and the anniversary
of the origin of cotton spinning will
enlist attention.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07
WAR ON UNLIMITED GUESTS
English Woman Asks Friends to Bring
Cards Of lnvltation-Poiics
Eject UndesirabIes.

London.-The experiences OF the
London hostess. who has requested all
guests invited to her dance at Lon
don hotel to bring their cards Of invi-
tation in order to exclude unlimited
guests, have been related.
The lady in question. very we'll
known London hostess, has suffered
such annoyance at the hands of unin-
vited guests that nowadays she never
holds any large function without first
taking strict precautions to render the
presence of these undesirable persons
practically impossible.
Some time ago l had my eyes
opened to this scandalous practice In
most unpleasant fashion" she said
Thad occasion to give a dance at .
London hotel, to which ! invited $50
guests. had very carefully checked
these figures before the dance began.
vet before it was halfway through
the manager of the hotel informed
me that there were already over 400
people in the rooms who claimed to be
my guests
Last year / heard OF TWO ladies'
no one seemed personally acquainted
with them-who had attended unin-
vited practically every dance or func-
ton of the season. Consequently !
have been driven to adopt precautions
which, as truly pointed out short
time ago, had become absolutely nee
essary for the exclusion Of these peo'
pie.
so have asked all guests invited
to a dance l am giving at hotel this
week to bring their cards OF invita-
ton.
THE hotel management has prom
ised to have three men at my disposal
whose duty 1t will be to take the
name and address of every person
who comes claiming to be my guest
but is without an invitation"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07

A traveller in the west a decade
ago was much amused at the vehicles
he saw. They were all kinds of con-
traptions." Buggies, "dearborns'
any old thing to ride in. The people
out there were living close, faring
hard and-saving money. says the
Philadelphia Press. That's why the
per capita savings bank account OF
Kansas excels that of all other states.
It is astonishingly different today. AT
the Leavenworth county fair some
DAYS ago dozens of farmers came to
the grounds in motor cars. They had
paid for them, too. They had raised
the wheat and corn to do 1t. The
mere sensation of gliding swiftly over
the roads where year or SO back
they had condemned the buzz" wag
ons which frightened their horses
gave them confidence and new sat
isfaction. This is what the automo
bile has achieved in our country dis
tricts. It has made modest toiler q
man of new resources. 1t has put 9
machine in his hands and said. Use
It," And he is using it. He feels
himself on par with any millionaire
who can afford to buy new mode
every year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-07
Mosquitoes Most Deadly and
Unrelentinq Foe.
Experiments Being Made at Bronx
Park to Determine ACCESSIBILITY Of
Raising Insects to Destroy
Little Singing Pests.

New York.-"Some experiments are
being made at Bronx park to deter
mine whether 1t would be a good in
vestment for the government to breed
dragon flies to destroy mosquitoes"
said tall. elderly man who sat in q
boat on the Little Bronx river at One
Hundred and Eighty-fifth street and
Boston road the other day. He was
William Conroy. an employ, of the
geological department of Harvard. and
Is spending his vacation In and about
New York and Jersey City taking
notes on the mosquito.
Not everyone knows" he said, that
the dragon fly is the worst natural en-
envy that the mosquito has. Both Of
them are born in the water, and both
wriggle around In the, mud and ooze
till the time comes for them to
emerge. Then they come out on the
stock of lilypad. dry OF in the hot
sun and split their skin down the back
and emerge from 1t with wings.
THE dragon fly has a wonderful
lower jaw that shoots out like an arm
and can grab almost anything that
comes its way. but what 1t likes better
than anything else is mosquito.
"A few years ago I was out on the
plains of Wyoming at rather high
altitude and near some wet land where
mosquitoes simply seemed to eat us
alive. Late In the afternoon they
came swarming around US as the sun
sank, and made life torment. was
with troop of United States soldiers
and we had camped for the night and