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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-11-01

used to these swell con men, but that
gun was the limit-pulled out n card
case, mind you. and letters, and want
ed me to 20 with him to his, club
his club" the big fellow doubled over
In a spasm OF mirtn that all but
choked him. Il told him Id give him
the club IL he didn't 60 quietly-for
you see recognized him in minute;
you can't lose them freak kind! Be-
sides. he give himself away: told me
he'd overlook my conduct on this &C.
casion and the other, II would re-
lease him. Well. that was enough!
beckoned Jimmy Dryer across and
We run him down the line to the sta
ton. oh. We got him there. but It
wasn't easy--for him! And there
he'll stay whilel"
He had to pause and pump air. he
was so winded.
But II woulder tickled YOU" he re-
sumed. using one Of the vestas l ex-
tended and pulling the cigar until 1t
the grand-stand play this guy put up
before the sergeant! But the old man
Just let him blow IL all on; just sat
there calm behind the desk, chewing
away and jabbing pen through the
blotter, while this stiff fumed and
spouted-oh, something scandalous-
bringing In the names Of mighty near
all the important people in New
York: his friends, he said! oh, yes.
he mentioned you in particular, sir!
and his face expanded in a relish
ing grin.
Dashed impudence!" l murmured
feebly.
"Oh. yes" carelessly, but the sarge
/ quoted him-iust purity near soothed
him to sleep before he got through
you know-it's one OF his ways''-his
glance lifted solemnly.
Fine, you know" | murmured ad
miringly. | reflected approvingiy up
on what dashed good thing II was
| TO have n man in that position-what'
ever II was-who was OF such dew
| ilish mild and gentle temperament:
! the quiet word-the soft answer-the
kindly remonstrance-all that sort o!
| thing. you know.
But. II no offense. there's just one
! question Id like to ask you, SIR lie
swung his club with q smiling, genial
| air.
"Oh. dash 1t, no." I responded alb
sently.
My eye had been suddenly attract
ed by a feathery CLEAN OF white
through the trees. II was slowly NOV
ing up the slope to a pavilion over
looking the Tappan Zee.
lie drew nearer with a confientia
air. Just a little argument | hac
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-11-01
Matter Of Perseverance,.

Bishop Burgess of Long Island.
speaking of his crusade against Sun.
day flying, said: Il am against thu
formation OF bad habits. whether they
be habits OF laziness. or selfishness.
or OF Sunday flying. BE sure we are
told-'be sure your sin will find you
out That Ia true. but It Is also true
that. when your sin pays you second
third and fourth call. 1t generally finds
you in"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-11-01
A DOCTORS TRIALS.
He Sometimes Gets Sick Like Other
People.

Even doing good to people is hard
work IL you have too much Of IL to do.
An overworked Ohio doctor tells his
experience:
about three years ago as the result
Of doing two mems work. attending a
large practice and looking after the
details OF another business. NY health
broke down completely. and l was
little better than a physical wreck.
IL suffered from indigestion and con-
stipation, loss of weight and appetite.
bloating and pain after meals. loss OF
memory and lack of nerve force for
continued mental application.
Il became irritable. easily angered
and respondent without cause. The
hearts action became irregular and
weak, with frequent attacks OF palpf
tation during the first hour or two
after retiring.
Some Grape-Nuts and cut bananas
came for my lunch one day and
pleased me particularly with the re.
suit. I got more satisfaction from II
than from anything I had eaten for
months, and on further investigation
and use. adopted Grape-Nuts for my
morning and evening meals. served
usually with cream and a spyinkle Of
salt or sugar.
"My Improvement was rapid and
permanent, In weight as well as In
physical and mental endurance. In q
word, I am filled with the Joy Of liv.
ing again, and continue the daily use
of Grape-Nuts for breakfast and often
for the evening meal.
1.-THE little pamphlet, The Road to
wellville,' found In pkgs.. tn invari
ably saved and handed 30 some needy
patient along with the indicated ram
edy."
There's q reason"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Greek, Mich.
Ever read the above lettsrs a new
one appears from time 20 time. Ihey
are genuine. truss sna fun 81 hSDss
interest. Adv.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-11-01

"Trouble?" O'Keefe's lip doubled
CONTEMPORARY. 1T was easy as but
teri" His hand spread, palm down
ward, In an expressive gesture. why,
he doubled right back to the Kaho-
ka!"
by Jove, you know!" l exclaimed.
startled.
"Surest thing you know! ] collared
him right in front and with the
goods!" Mr.. O'Keefe expectorated
eloquently. MY, but he did put up
an awful holler-said the pajamas
we're his own and he had just had 'em
made. And bluff--well!"-he famed
the air for moment In the effort to
find an appropriate gesture--'v'n
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-11-01

Richard I.ightnut. an American win an
affected English accent, receives pres.
ent from friend In China. The present
proves 10 be a pair OF patamas \ letter
hints OF surprise 10 the wearer Lishtnut
ions the pajamas and late at night gets
UP for a smoke. His servant, JenKlns
comes In and, failing 10 recosnl%c Lt -, =,
nut. attempts To put him out. Tnlnkin,s S
the servant crazy, Lightnut changes me
clothes intending 10 summon help Nhen
he reappears jenkins falls on his neck
that ne is crazy. jenkins tells Lishtnut ot
the encounter he had with hideous
Chinaman dressed IN paiamas; IN q
message from his friend. Jack Bill,nss;
for the night on his way home from col ,s,,,
lese. Later ightnut finds oeauutu'
girl In black pajanas in his room; I'iFnt-
nut II shocked by the girl drilN,I =,
her name Ii Francis and puZzles MN
with q story Of her love for her SISTER
roommate. named Frances. Next morn
ing the girl Is missing ana Lsshfhat a.
costed BY husky college boy, VINO cans
him "Dicky." but he does not see We
girl. Jack Billings calls TO spend th le
night with Iightnut They discover
priceless rubies hidden In the buttons OF
the pajamas Billings dons the paJaiuas
and retires. Lishtnut later uisVon ~, -.
In his apartment 4 oeefy person IN iilus-
ton-chop whiskers and wearins paJaras.
Jenkins calls the police. who deCiarT. we
,ntrndar 70 h., n criminal called FOXY
GRANDPA" The intruder declares ne 10
Iightnut's guest and appeals 70 the ta!-
ter In vain He is hustled OF 20 ia.h
IN the morning Lightnut is astonlshsi 10
find Billings gone. and more astpillsn
when he gets 4 meSSaE" IRON TIE 49,
deran dlnC his clothes. lirhinui, pou1II
for Tarrytown. Billings nome. diS'''e's
Frances" tho girl OF the pajamaS' OF
the train. IIEhtnut speaks 70 he' an, 81
lUdes 20 the night h.tor.' y ~, nor
in black pajamas. A. TarrytowA J. iauCtS
IA met by n husky college youth WLo
Rails Iightnut as "Dlcky.' The l1tIeF =
rores the boy. who then threatens 10
thrash him for offending Frances. l:,SHL-
Ms, taxes th. next train home. B.lIlss
stOrrns over the outrage or his arrest iie
and IIshtnut discover mysterious M
nese characters on the palamas. IFNt,s
sor Doozenberry is called ~ 10 ln.'r .Itt
the hieroglyphics. He raves over wAat ne
calls the lost silk OF Si-Ling-IH4 nc
writing declares that "A person wearing
the pajamas will take on the s,illn'ai.sr
II the previous wearer The professor
borrows the patamas FOR eNpeT'mynI.
billings dressed in patamas - i"und IN
the professors room and is taken nome
in an automobile with Frances and q Wo-
man IIghtnut calls 1.-THE trump. tAght-
nut Is angered by the frump,s slanner-
aus talk about Francis" Billings Is
taken 10 his room A servant tells Light
nut that a message has Just been re-
rest in New York for stealing SUIT OF
black pajamas. Judge Billings astonishes
lightnut with a tale Of Francis esca'
pades ILghtnut asks permission 10 SPEAK
20 Frances" The Judge declares tnat
not another living person would tackle
the Job and Lightnut. his mind occupied
with the beautiful Frances. IS greatly
uystifad
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-11-01
Or. CkLDWEll'S GUIDE
TO GOOD HEALTH

The natural tendency Of people In
this busy age to demand Of the di.
gestive organs more than nature In
tended they should perform. frequent.
ly results In throwing the entire di.
gestive system into disorder. When
the stomach fails to freely digest and
distribute that which II eaten. the
bowels become clogged with q mass
Of waste and refuse which ferments
and generates poisonous gases that
are gradually forced into the blood
causing distress and often serious Ill.
ness.
DR.. w. B. Caldwell says that II the
bowels are kept regular there will be
much less sickness. and prescrib q
combination Of simple laxative herbs
with pepsin that Is most effective In
relieving any congestion Of matter In
the bowels. This compound can be
bought in any drug store under the
name Of DR.. CaldweIl's Syrup Pepsin.
and costs only so cents a bottle. 1t In
mild in its action. pleasant to the
taste and positive In effect dose at
night bringing relief next morning.
naturally and without gripping or 9TH
er discomfort. A bottle Of DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin In the house will
save many times its cost In doctor
bills. Your name and address on
postal to DR.. W. B. Caldwell. 203 West
ST.. Monticello. ILL.,, will bring free
trial bottle by return mail. Adv.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-11-01
Imnortant 10 Mothers
Knew a Poets Troubles.

Had a queer experience recently.
said the Billville poet. "Robber held
me up on the highway. Didn't have a
cent in my pocket-only poem
which was takin' to the editor"
Didn't take the poem, did he?"
NO. Read three lines OF 1t. handed
It back to me and said: Friend, here's
So. You need II worse than / do.
Atlanta Constitution.
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CHAPTER xxIv.-(continued.)


why. sir. don't think you need
be worrying but what they're all
right" and the big policeman nodded
confidently: ''in fact there don't seem
to be no damage at ALL" He added
meditatively: Which is some wop-
der, considering how We had TO
rough house Foxy Grandpa before We
softened him down in his cell tn
other night" Here his cheeks swelled
and he sent a long sheaf OF brown
liquid at O grasshopper on the freshly
whitened door-stones-and got II, too.
neatly missing the polished toe OF
jenkins boot. mo, sir."-emphatic-
ally don't think you'll be hearing
any boiler from your lady friend when
she goes to--eh. what?"-he stared
at Jenkins blankly, for jenkins had
coughed-"Oh. excuse me!"-and his
big hand lifted apologetically 10 his
mouth, while his eyes rolled upward
What I Just meant was that know
they're all TO the coed; went all
over 'em."
OH" ! muttered. turning rather
faint. dropped the parcel and Jen'
kins picked 1t up. BY Jove, for a mo-
ment, he came jolly near having TO
pick me up. too, ! was that shocked
and Frustrated!
The only thing-the only thing
tall" had TO wait through an agon.
izing moment while his tongue
gathered his wad and peremptorilr
expelled IL, this time enlivening the
cold. dead monotony OF the silver-gray
macadam-"was her-l mean. was the
pants"
"Ah-h." put my hand TO my side
and looked at jenkins appealingly
but he was looking upward. his eyes
kind OF cast over like birds: the
lines OF his mouth frightened 10 an
arch-and ! knew he was suffering
too! But we must try to stand IL q
little longer-just a little!
Through one instants respite, Mr.
O'Keefe's thick tongue was occupied
In striving to glutenize the entire
wrapper OF a much crushed and awful
~ yellow cigar. Then he separated 9
mouthful from the end and proceeded
II did notice with the legs. thai
one of 'em was just bit longer thar
tn other, and down at the station We
was a wondering If" the brown head
of cracking match drew long
cuyving what-you-call-it on the smooth
creamy masonry. and he paused e
yump madly. striving to coax a draf
Of smoke--"we wondered IL twas
Intentional" His eyes sought mine
nquiringly.
BY Jova I was so frozen with hor
Tor, couldn't even look away; Jus
stood there. helpless, you know. an
my Jolly monocle hanging limD-
couldn't have lifted II TO have save'
ny life! Felt my senses Just gfo1
hS numb al the while with tn
ASusdy u chs thing. the thought 0
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-11-01
The Farmers Search.

While blowing. a Crawford county
farmer near Helper had the misfor-
ture TO lose a small part from his cul.
tiyator in the plowed ground. Soon
q neighbor came by. Lost some
thing?" he asked. Soon another came
BY and asked the same question. And
then another Pretty soon a man he
didn't like anyhow approached. Lost
something's" he asked. The farmer
looked up in supreme disgust. "Oh,
no; just digging worms for my pet
buzzard," he replied.-Kansas City
Star.
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<~<AL~S

with the old woman. you know, about
them pajamas. Would you mind tell
ing meas man to man. understand
If they garments is"-his voice
dropped-''is like her real shape-fig.
ger. I mean-h'm? And he tapped
the parcel lightly with his stick.
Jenkins cleared his throat ioudly
and shifted the pajamas to his other
side. As for myself. I just WINGED as
under the stroke OF what-you-cali-it
but one end OF my dashed brain was
being pulled by the flashing play OF
the dappling sunlight there upon
by Jove. her figure exactly"
calculated, staring.
For 1t vas hsr--no, dash Il she.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-11-01
At the Opera.

THAT singer has a powerful voice. "
II should say so. can't hear my
self speak when he's singing"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-05
DENTIST NOT 4 SURGEON.

The supreme court of Massa chusetts
mss ruled int dentist Is not sur
geon In the common acceptation of the
word. In the case before the court a
dentist was suing for services render.
ed, and the question arose as to
whether the communications between
the dentist and his patron were priv.
LEGGED, preventing him from giving
certain testimony, under a section OF
the code Of civil procedure of New
York providing that "a person duly
authorized to p-aasice physic or sur
gerry, or professional or registered
nurse, shall not be allowed to disclose
any information which he acquired in
attending patient, In a professional
capacity, and which was necessary to
enable him to act in that capacity. .
The court said:
strictly speaking. a dentist might
be included within the description re-
latlng to those who practice surgery.
but, as the term surgery is employed
In the statute, it does not include one
engaged in the practice of dentistry.
In early days in England the
province of the dentist was not rec
ognized. except as it fell within the
scope of the functions of the barber
surgeon whose multitudinous duties
often included those not only of the
barber and surgeon, but the physician
and dentist as well. Within quite re-
cent times it was customary for bar
bers and blacksmiths to extract teeth.
Formerly the work of filling and plat
ing teeth was frequently performed
by the jeweler. But process of in
tegration and differentiation has TAX
en- place, and the separate and distinct
profession of dentistry has come into
existence
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-05
SERUM FOR RHEUMATISM.

Marked success is being obtained in
the city hospital in ST. Louis in the
use of a new serum for rheumatism,
the discovery OF California phEsi-
clan. 1t is called phylacogen and is
made from the bacteria of rheumat-
ic Joint Ali the cases upon which IT
has been tried to date are of the acute
variety. and in all of these markedly
beneficial results are reported. A
case of acute rheumatism usually runs
from four to six weeks, after which
the patient either RECEIVERS or be-
comes chronic rheumatic, But
when the serum is administered, 1t
Is found, the rheumatic fever usually
disappears with three days. Unfor-
tunately the serum is quite expensive
SIS a bottle, and bottle contains
only three doses. Similar tests are
being made In a number Of the larg-
est hospitals in the country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-05
THE MEN AND RELIGION MOVE.
MENT

The initial period of the work Of the
Men and Religion Forward Movement
is now closing with its series of New
York meetings. In time, energy. and
money the work of the past months
has cost heavily, The congregational.
list and Christian World, leading re-
lligious paper published in Boston, is
not prepared TO give definite answer
to the question whether 1t has paid
or not II did not sweep like a fame
through the country, but Ii deeply In
terested considerable number of
men In many places. it is claimed,
II made more than a transient impress.
sion upon the public mind, but admig-
sion is made that neither before. dur
ing nor after the meetings was the
main thought of the masculine portion
lot z community directed to the things
OF religion. In the language of the
authority quoted above, "the frequent.
ere Of social clubs, OF hotel corridors.
Ct smoking rooms on Pullman cars.
and Of other places to which men re-
SORT are not oyerhearing TODAY
noticeable increase in the amount of
conversation on religion compared
with year ago. Men in New Eng
IND, and women too. are talking about
labor conditions in the cotton-making
cities IN New York, about the new
play called The Terrible Meek, and
throughout the country about the
presidential campaign But after all
deductions that candor conpels are
made, The Congrega tIonalist thinks the
movement as 2 whole stands out justi-
fed because il accomplished these
thlngs:
First il has charted afresh the
work of the church Of Christ in Amer.
ica Through IT'S Surveys. ftg rnasging
of facts pertaining 10 the need and the
opportunity. e outlining Of definite
programs, i has glYen multitude of
churches new detectives and fnyalII.
sbie help toward their realization.
Hundreds Of these churches know IN.
oaF better than they did last Sep
ten Der how 70 20 after, retain, ana
nelp the boys how 70 make Bible
stody Interesting and profitable. how
% 20 With the message Of Christ into
the shops and factories; how 10 bro
mote civic reforms, how 10 apply the
spur 70 those within It's own fold
~no have never Kept step with the
missionary army
I ne Increment has put many men
4 a. WORK. Every week since last SEN
lemoer We have published fin our Men
AND Religion department The good
news Of definite undertakings Here
4 q special work for boys has been h.
augurated there, plans have been
made to erect a building as socisI
center in a needy district. elsewt,ere
an employment bureau in behalf ~
men out OF work has been Instituted
In large and small cities. in subur; an
and country districts. work is going
on, which but for this movement rnigbt
never have been started. Best OF iii
I'm almost every center visited. human
discoveries have been made. Talents
buried IN the brains and heartg of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-05
TYPHOID A PREvENTABLE DIS.
EASE

y It is rather startling to be told that
in 1909 there were more cases of
typhoid in the United States, with a
population not half as large as that OF
India, than there were. cases of plague
in India and that there were four
times as many cases Of typhoid in the
United States as cases of cholera in
Russia during period including the
epidemic of 1910. These figures are
taken from an article by Mclaughlin
Eef the Marine hospital service, who
says that we consider with apprehen-
sion the countries in which cholera
and plague occur frequently and call
them pest-ridden countries, but do not
consider the problem of typhoid fever
in our own country with sufficient ser
iousness.
He gives tables to show that within
the registration area in the United
States, in fifty cities having an aggre-
gate population of over 20,00o,00o the
average typhoid death rate for 1910
was twenty-five per hundred thousand
inhabitants. In one city in that year
it amounted to S67 per hundred thous-
and, and in several cities II amounted
TO forty-fye or more. In ten of the
largest cities of northern Europe.
comprising population of 10000 900,
the average typhoid death rate per
hundred thousand Of population during
a period of ten years, from 1901 to
1910, was only "a, and In 1915 the
rate had gone down to 2.5.
1t is considered in Europe that a
death rate CT thirteen to fifteen per
hundred thousand constitutes a rather
serious reflection on the sanitary
management or the water supplies Of
such cities. And yet the figures are
lar below the average Of the fifty cities
in the United States above referred
TO. in which the death rate was twenty.
five per hundred thousand of popula.
ton. Leaving out of account such
causes of typhoid as infected food and
milk, contact. carriers. etc, McLaugh.
lin believes that this death rate can be
very materially reduced BY altering
the water supplies OF our cities. which
are too largely contaminated by sew.
age. Not only is this high death rate
from typhoid fever to be deplored on
humanitarian grounds, but the oc-
currence of such large number of
cases represents an economic loss sc
great as to be almost incalculable.
Our legislators and city authorities
should feel the obligation to adopt
more vigorous methods of preventing
this enormous waste of human energy
earning capacity and human life,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-05
Industrial accidents will make the sta
tistics based on experience entirely
inadequate.
FLOOD LOSSES AT GREGORY.

Jasper Blines recently visited the
district invaded by the floods and ice
between Alexandra and Gregory and
reports his findings In a letter to
the Kahoka Courier. He estimates
that the wheat crop In the affected
territory will not exceed Is to 20 per
cent. When the losses to the district
in crops. fences. buildings and live
stock are added up the sum is quite
large. The line of the Burlington rail-
road was submerged to the rails all
the way and there was severe erosion
Of the road bed in various places.
The company estimate their losses at
twenty-five thousand dollars due to
two weeks delay in traffic and to
washing of road bed. Two hundred
hands were employed in the Gregory
territory in restoring the road bed and
placing track in proper order. The
local levee was severely washed, roads
and streets damaged and buildings
injured. Mr.. A. j. Ruddick is quoted
as saying that thousand acres OF
wheat were destroyed by the water,
entailing loss of $4,000.
The lesson drawn by Mr.. Blines is
that the district in question needs a
good, substantial levee. built and
maintained by the general govern
ment. The investment would be wise
one, he declares. and of increasing
value and influence as population
grows. The local land owners could
not we'll assume the expense and re
sponsibility, though the enterprise has
been under consideration for some
time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-05

In her new novel, THE Recording
Angel" Cora Harris gets off a good
thing at the expense of the men.
Promising that women do not know
now to stake the spirit with stimu-
lants, she goes on to say.
They have the martyr instinct
more highly developed. which does not
require cocktail for submission. II
they must, they can go down to the
gates OF death primly. little tearfully,
and, like as not with empty stomachs,
No one ever heard of a respectable
woman about to become a mother ask.
ing for drink to fortify her for the
ordeal But If children had to be born
OF the other sex, probably not one
would get into the world until the af.
hicted parent was in state of delir.
ium tremens.''