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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-07
A DROP or WATER.
There Are Times When 1t May Become
a Source of Real Terror.


The fear OF silence and loneliness
not seldom attacks burly miners who,
for that reason. refuse to work alone
in distant drifts. In China the very
refinement Of torture is to confine Il
condemned criminal in a place where
sound cannot reach him and over the
plank TO which he is bound TO place
a vessel Of water, so regulated that
once every few moments Il single drop
Shall fall upon his brow. There is no
light and no sound to distract his at
t~ention, ana the thoughts of the poor
wretch become so concentrated on the
expectation OF the next drop Of water
that when it falls it seems TO strike
him with the impact Of a bomb, and
reason canno long withstand the
strain. In his book. In Lotus Land
Japan" Mr.. ii. G.. Pointing says he
came to understand the strange dread
Of silence through an experience in a
California mine ut midnight.
Five hundred feet into the crust of
the earth ! went and felt no new SEN
sations except one Of disappointment
as the shaft echoed with my footsteps
900 feet, 700 feet. 500 feet and the
bottom Of the mine.
But as | stood there Il creepy feeling
came over me. What was this con
sc|iouSness that suddenly oppressed me
and made my blood seem chilled? !
had felt nothing like it before. My
candle gave but a feeble glimmer, and
| found myself p%eering furtively into
the shadows with a feeling almost akin
to dread. All at once | knew. 1t was
the s~ilence-the immense. oppressive
silence. Hitherto when | had been
down in the mine there had always
beer the regular beating of the ham
mers on the drills. Now there was
nothing but thick. velvety silence.
Then a sudden sound, like the crack
Of n stock whip, put every sense on the
alert. Was I'not alone, then, after all?
In n moment the instinct of self pres
ervation reminded me that | was I'M
armed. Who could be down here at
this hour. and what could be his OBJ
ject? Had | been followed? Without
a weapon | was at the mercy of any
ruflian. All this rushed through my
brain in n moment, and as | tried to
pierce the shadows my candle only
served to make the darkness visible.
Another crack. almost like a pistol
shot, and then enlightenment and re-
lief flashed upon me. 1t was nothing
but a drop Of water falling from the
hanging wall in the stump below. yet
IN this dread silence 1t struck with al
most the noise Of a Illuminating cap.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-07
An Orator on Oratpry,

oratory once at a dinner.
"The modern style Of ol'ation.' he
said. sis plain, direct and sin 1ple. The
old fashioned 6owery oratory with its
Latin quotations. no longer impresses
any one. Once, in my early youth. l
introduced a quotation from Vel'gil into
a speech. Instantly a shrewd looking
w~orkingman in the audience shouted:
Translate. TRANSLATED
$50 complied. ad ding. The transla-
ton is merely a loose one
Yes said the vgorkingma q. loose.
but not lucid New York Press.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-07
PRESCOTT'S WAGERS.
The Historian Had His Own Way OF
Forcing Himself to Work.

Forcing Himself to Work.
RolIo ogden in his biography Of Will
liam H. Prescott. the historian, cites
many passages from the diary show
inc PreSc0tt's habit Of logging him
self to his work by making wagers
with his secretaries that he would
complete Il given task by a certain
day. the odds always heavily against
himself.
prescott always took this betting
on his own industry with perfect Sc
robustness Sometimes he would radi-
antly greet his secretary with: You
have lost. You me n dollar And
he would exact payment. Occasional
Is he would. with ~woebegone counte-
nance, produce and pay over to the
protesting secretary the $50 or $50 he
himself had lost One deliberately
made memorandum witnesses that a
bet of 81 to $50 had been made be
tween T.. b. Otis and William III. Pres
colt. Esq. the latter betting $50 that
be will write 100 pages of his History
of Peru in 100 days"
The document is signed William H..
Prescott and Edmund b. Otis, but the
latter subjoins the following: 81 prom
Use on my honor as a gentleman not
to release Mr.. Prescott from any for
fixture that may incur except in such
cases as are provided for In the con-
tract. this contract being made at his
desire for his own accommodation
onlvo
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-07
Early Rapid Transit.

Cardinal Wolsey did not live in an
age Of rapid transit. but be created it
for himself. His capacity for rapid
travel was a valuable aid In carving
out a career. Wolsey is said to have
first won royal favor in this way. He
was charged with a message from
Henry VII. to the Emperor Macmillan
in the Low Countries and left London
in the afternoon. He went by boat to
G%ravesend. by horse to Dover, then
by boat again to Calais. and he was
with the emperor the following even
ing and back to the king in Just over
two days from the time of starting.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-07
All Broken Iona AGO.

A Lakewood lady paid a call on an
east Cleveland woman the other day.
After all the mean compliments had
been paid the Lakewood lady remark
ed. II have some lovely china that be-
lOnged to my ancestors"
How NICE" answered the other. 81
haven't a bit"
isn't that too bad? You know, we
are an old family, and
"You see, my ancestors all kept serv-
ants
There wasn't any answer to the re-
ply and its implication. - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-07
Selling Goods In Lisbon.

Around Lisbon are certain entrances.
generally gateways Of the old ,yalls.
All persons bring ing chickens, eggs.
butter or any 9th err product into the
city for sale are stopped at the gate
and required to piy a tax %proportio n
ed to the value of their articles. At
the depot all passengers on suburban.
as we'll as through trains must have
their bags and packages examined and
pay for any wares they are bringing
into the city.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-07
ONCE A WIDE CANAL.
Broad Street, New York. Where the
Curb Brokers Now Operate.

Nurp brokers' NOW operate.
The curb brokers of New York. who
now operate on Broad street, would
have been forced to conduct their busi-
ness from gondolas or canal boats had
they made use of that ~thoroughfare in
early days, for where solid pavement
now stands there was a wide canal.
Many people nowadays, wandering
through the narrow streets of lower
Manhattan, have wondered at Broad
streets unusual width. Still more pc
fare In the olden times, when streets
were nearly all narrow, and 20 dis
tinguish it from the alley like byways
that surrounded it the ~thoroughfare
was referred to as 1.-The broad street."
The Dutch called it the "Heere Graft"
CThe latter word had a far different
meaning in those days.) 1t was not at
first a street, but the principal canal
of the city. This canal, wide enough
for heavy boats to pass each other,
ran into Broad street at the southern
end and continued north almost to
Wall street. A similar but smaller ca
nal ran through Beaver street.
Peter S~tuyvesant in 1857 had the
canals sides planked, and a few dec
AIDES later the waters were gradually
replaced by q street.
AS that street perforce followed the
canals former lines, it was much the
widest thoroughfare In all lower Man
haitian and well merited It's name Of
Broad street. Had New York real es-
tate been worth one-twentieth as much
then as at present Broad street would
the width of Nassau or Wall street.
New York World.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-07
|Procrastination.

Zone Of the greatest evils In life."
said the elderly woman, lis procrasti-
nation"
:" think so, too" replied the young
married woman. Il don't see the
sense of putting off your golden we'd
ding anniversary till you are sixty or
seventy years DID,"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-07
Esiray Notice.

One iron gray mare, three years
old, weight about 1000 pounds,
branded I'll. H.. on left hip, had
halter on and about eight feet of
rope; was last e travelling west.
Any information leading to the
recovery of this mare will be lib
orally rewarded. r. l.. Hime-
baugh, Forman, N. ID.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-07
LOOKING Ahea d.

She (bored)-No, MI. ] Iytely, I can
never love you. l hon0 and respect
you. ! am sure you wod d make some
other woman a good hussA and. Hell
w~ell-er-could ~you-er--s i've M a let
ter OF recommendation to my next
place?
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-07
Early English.

Bachelor confess | can't under
stand what your baby's saying. Bene-
dick-It is a queer language. isn't it?
Blackberry sort of early English
London Answers.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-07

Buy beautiful Grand Crossing
lots now, before the raise in price.
Your own terms. In case of sick
ness or accident we will protect
you. See Goodman, agent fol-
Grand Crossing Land and I'm
provement Company.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-07
These Fsddist 5.

II am afraid Mrs. Wap ping is a ter
magant." remarked Mrs. Pitcher.
Indeed" said Mrs. Blu ntstone, with
a slight elevation Of b. ,r eyebrows.
Some people take up ey cry new fad
that comes along."-Birm ingham Age
Herald.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-07

He who defrauds makes ho les in his
own pockets by which he ia ~ o
than be steals
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-07

Unkinel
Gerald-The doctor Said that I was
threatened with brain fever. Geraldine
How much did hes chars e you for
hattery In his bill?-'Nsw Yen X Press.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-09
Loan Deed

80 0e0-Home Building and Investment
Company TO George X Johnson and Tohn
W Hamer, land lot Il, beginning 1875 feet
south Of the southeast corner of 81
Charles and Bonaventure avenues, 4ox140
feet. April 80.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-09

Trains marked thus 81 run daily. ex-
cept Sunday.
other trains run daily. Central time.
City Ticket Office. No 1 Peachtree St
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-09
DAILY STATISTICS
WARRANTY needs


50 .000-State Mutual Life Insurance
Company to Atlanta Realty Investment
Company, land lot 10, and being lot 10 of
the subdivision of the Walker property.
beginning on the west side of Moreland
avenue, $50 feet north of the northwest
corner of said avenue and Walker street,
50x239 feet
S10-Aline e Timmons to Will r Will
kinson land lot t09 beginning on the
southeast side of Brookwood avenue 362
feet more or less enthusiastically from
the corner of said avenue and northeast
side of Peachtree street, 41x140 feet.
April "a
$2.soO-E. c. Lester to city Savings
Bank, land lot 50, beginning on the west
side of Martin street, 300 feet north from
Hsygood street, 50M16 feet; also lot be
ginning on the west side of Martin street,
500 feet north of Haygood street 43x116
feet MAY g.
1875 Frank s Ellis to H. F. West, land
lot 115. beginning on the north side of
Lena street. 32o feet west of the north
east corner Of Ashby and Lena streets.
4oXl07 feet; also lot beginning on the
Lena streets. 45x107 feet April 2
81 $50 Brookhaven estates to Frank e.
at the eastern corner of lot Is, s9xS55
feet Nav
NJ Parker. land lot 81. commencing so
feet west from Berean avenue, 4oxS5 feet.
May 3
S26O-w \ Hale TO Mrs Anna c. H
Mathewson. land lot 1870, commencing 122,
feet from the northwest corner of Bach I
elor street and Cambridge avenue, 5Ox122
feet
Sl.75O Edward P Cuninane to Mrs.
Cosby Scale Pursley, land lot So. on the
east side Of Mangum street, .5Oxl00 feet.
May
So 500 r F Marion to Home Building
and Investment Company, land lot II,
beginning 1876 feet south of the southeast
corner of st Charles and Bonaverture
avenues. 40X140 feet
81 500 James I Mangum to c, M.
I4ipham land lot u, on the east side of
Washington street. 200 feet south of JEFF
s375-M NJ Scott to Mrs V. J Wright,
land lot 1855. beginning a the corner Of
Mabbit and Bland streets, 95x100 feet
September u. 1905
Loan Deed
80 0e0-HOme Building and investment
COMPANY TO George X Johnson and John
w Hamer, land lot Il, beginning 1876 feet
south Of the southeast nf -
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-09
Nice Homes Worth the Money.

ON ORMOND STREET. iust a short dis
lance from the park, We have q nice
six-room cottage with all conveniences,
on a fine eleva ted lot and in the best
block on the street This viii make
beautiful home for any one Price. $500.
Both. Phones 1899. REAL ESTATE.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-31
When AeropIane Dashes
Into Seattle Grandstand.
Aviator Turpin and Passenger
Have Very Narrow Escape.
Turpin Claims the Accident Due 10
Spectator Crossing the Track.

Seattle Wash, May 30.-J, Clifford
Turpin, the aviator, dashed into the
grandstand at the Meadows in the
first effort at flight, today killing one
man and injuring Is other persons.
one of the injured child, is dying.
The man and child who were fatally
hurt We're taken to the county hospital
where the man died without being
Identified Turpin and Phil Parmalee,
his partner, say the accident was
caused by a spectator who ran across
the track in front of Turpin as he was
headed north, preparatory to rising
for the first flight of the afternoon.
The aeroplane was travelling at so
miles an hour and Turpin tilted the
right wing in order to miss the man.
He was able to right the machine in
time. but it swerved into the grand
stand
Turpin was cut over the left eye and
was rendered unconscious for several
minutes He is not badly hurt. The
meeting was called off.
The man who WAS killed was identi-
| fled at the morgue as George Quinby
who was also wireless operator. had
Just returned from Alaska on the
steamship Bertha on which he served
! for one round trip.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-31
Thursdays Doings =
In Old Congress.

The Senate convened at noon and re-
sumed consideration of metal tariff re-
vision bill.
Further protests made to inter-oceanic
canals committee against Panama canal
bin provision prohibiting railroad owned
steamers from using canal.
Senator Warren appealed for expedi-
ton of appropriation bills
Legislation suggested by the Titanic
investigating committee was referred to
subcommittee of commerce committee.
Chairman Warren of appropriations
committee appealed for the expediting
of appropriation bills.
Senator Kern announced he would call
up Lorimer case. Monday. and keep IL
before the Senate as unfinished business
until disposed of.
Conference report on agricultural APP
preparation bill submitted.
Senator Hepburn resumed his anti-tar-
iff revision speech
Passed House metal bill 35 to % which
now goes to conference.
Passed pension appropriation bill. car
rying l6f500,000, an increase of $2,500.00
over the House appropriation.
Adjourned at SIS p. NJ. until noon Fri
day.
The House was not in session. 1t viii
meet at IL A. NJ. Friday.
No word has been received at New
pert. r. T., since Saturday from th'
scout cruiser Birmingham, which i
natroilfpg the ice fields in the yicfnit,
of the trans Atlantic steamship lanes
The wireless operator at the Newpor
! Naval station, who expected to b
called upon to relay messages from
the cruisers. has made repeated efforts
TIC communicate with her during tn
past few days without success.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-31
A Luminous Record.
oOld York Transcript

Former Governor Burleigh is put
ting in some very effective work in
his campaign for the Senate-and he
knows just how to do il. He's by
all odds the best equipped campaign
er in Maine. His achievements as a
legislator make up a luminous record
Here is an item of recent history:
In 1900, Governor Burleigh. against
overwhelming odds, including the ac-
tive opposition of MIR. Cannon and of
the great House leaders, and in the
face of predictions of utter defeat,
introduced the bill saving to Maine
her four representatives in the re-
epportlonment. and by his brilliant
and effective work carried it through
to victory The National Magazine
which published a fine portrait of
Governor Burleigh at that time, de-
elared that while there were many
great speakers in the National House
its great organizers could be counted
ON the fingers, of two hands, and that
Governor Burleigh was recognized as
one of them. 1t further declared that
the victory won by him in securing
the passage of the Burleigh bill was
zone of the greatest personal triumphs
ever achieved by member of the Ma
tional House
Without knowing anything as to
the facts. we are glad to note the fol-
lowing in Eastern Names big and
we'll informed daily, the Bangor Com
mercial.
"The general sentiment of the Re-
publican voters of Bangor appears to
be that former Governor Edwin c.
Burleigh of Augusta has clear and
long lead in the triangular contest
for the Republican support of the
United States Senate"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-31
Roosevelt Brings III and Taft 27The 1908 Con-
vention Had 219-Presidents Secretary, C. D.
Hi|IeS, Will Be Promoted, If Taft Is Reflect
ed--Co|oneI Sticks to His Speech-making.
THE COLONEL STILL TALKING.

Gettysburg, Pa. May 30.-Upon a
hurled their shells half "A century ago,
Col Roosevelt spoke. today, in com
memoration of the soldiers who gave
their lives at Gettysburg and urged
the men of today to meet the nations
problems with the spirit of the men
of 81. 1t was policies rather than
politics which he discussed although
he made occasional reference to sub
iects which have been brought up in
the campaign Before Col Roosevelt
made his address, which was delivered
in the National cemetery. he looked
on as the ceremonals of the day were
observed Veterans of the war, march
ing haltingly behind their torn flag.
scattered flowers over the graves OF
the dead. of which there are more
than 5000 here. Their task was light
ened by scores of children who walk
ed among the graves from the oppo-
site direction until the lines met
salute was fred, the bugle sounded
taps and the band played an old
hymn which the soldiers used to sing
IN battle.
NO man can help being profound
~ moved said Col Roosevelt, when
he sees the veterans of the great war
and their ehildren's children strew
flowers on the graves of those who
died that we might live. If there be
Southerners here / know that they
can join with the Northerners in pay
ing homage TO the valor of the victor
as well as to the yanquished.
Saying that the soldiers of the civil
War distinguished themselves not
only by the way in which they fought,
but in their conduct after the war,
Col Roosevelt continued.
I'm those days, just after the war
there were foolish people who talked
of Imperialism and of dictatorship
They said that the soldiers would
tyrannize our country. One of the
lessons taught was that in six months
after the war soldiers could go back
TO the farm and the shop and be alb
sorbed in the common life of the peo-
pie.
THE talk of imperialism was no
more foolish then than it is now.
have too much respect for you to tell
YOU that you are in no danger of
dictatorship. When any man tells you
that get him a nurse and perambu-
lator, for if he really believes it. he
isn't fit to be at large"
Before going to the cemetery. Col
Roosevelt ate lunch with the aid of a
tin cup and a paper plate in tent,
in company with the delegates to the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-31
ONLY 2o4 CONTESTS.

Chicago, May 30 When the Republ-
| can National committee meets in Chi
cage. June G, it will be called on to
decided 2o4 contests. Four years ago 2l9
contests were submitted to the COM
mittee.
OF the 222 contests fled with Secre-
tary IL we're presented by the Roose-
welt faction and 81 by Taft adherents.
The principal contests filed by the
Taft managers are from Missouri and
Texas.
In louisiana three sets of delegates
were elecied-at-large and in the list, I'd.
4th and 5th districts. two sets were
named by Taft supporters and one by
Roosevelt supporters.
More delegates than the number spe-
Gifted in the call for the convention
were chosen large and in Alaba-
ma: in the 5th district in Kentucky;
in the 4th district of Minnesota; in
the 18th district of Texas and in the list
10th and 18th districts of Georgia. See
rotary Hayward has classed these as
contests and the committee viii be re-
auired to determine what will be done
with them.
There are contests from Is states, and
the District of Columbia.
Joseph h, Healing. former United
States district attorney at indianapolis
arrived in Chicago, today, from Texas,
where he looked after President Taft's
interests in the recent primaries and
conventions and reported to Chairman
New of the subcommittee on arrange
mcnts for the convention that Taft and
Roosevelt each have six instructed del
egates from that state while the re-
naming % are contested
Chairman New reiterated his previ-
Gus declaration that no Presidential
candidate would be recognized in the
distribution of convention tickets. but
added that if Col Roosevelt came to
Chicago and applied for ticket in
person. he would provide him with
card of admission even if he had to
give him his own seat.
Roosevelt's Chicago managers in a
statement. this evening, claim their
candidate will have 5s1 votes on the
first ballot or more than enough to
nominate. They give Taft 1911, La Fol-
lette 36, Cummins 10 and class the 9TH
er delegates as uninstructed.
New York's 80 delegates are divided
as follows in the statement: Roosevelt
g.; Taft 2; uninstructed, So.
The demand for tickets to the conven-
ton is greater than ever before. accord
ing to Mr.. New. Spectators are offer
ing $50 a ticket and the convention is
nearly three weeks agay. 1t is estimated
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