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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-13

~ HE grey-haired wife and husband
sat by the hearthstone thinking,
and after bit the wife looked
up and said:
Tomorrow is Valentines Day
again."
YUM" grunted the husband
DO you remember the first valen-
tine you sent me?"
NUM-!
1T cost four dollars. There were
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-13
NO NONSENSE.

six cupids flying among roses"
"Humph.'
1T certainly was the sweetest thing
Of the kind I ever saw
"Bosh!" -
And thought it was SO sweet and
nice Of YOU
"Cut it out!" - -.
II have preserved it through all
these years and want to show it to
you"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-13
Strictly Fireproof.

double the number Of chairs. -
Then 80 wooden partitions are put
in ..u
Then a restaurant in the basem emit.
Then a hundred boxes Of matches
are scattered around. n
Then at least hundred tenants
smoke and throw away their burn
ing cigar and cigarette butts.
Then there is fire that roars
through that f1re-proof building, de-
stroying everything and causing loss
Of life as well, and the owner can't
for the life of him make out why 1t
was struck by lightning and other
buildings spared.
JOE KERR.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-13
THE ORDEAL.

Wayne-Good gracious, man. what's
the matter with you? Out all night1
Payne-Nope. Down town all the
morning with my wife. selecting wall
paper.
Wayne-Get it selected7
Payne-Nope.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-13

DON'T"
But dear" , ."
There, there-let's have no non
sense Here's what you are edging
around to. Take it and let me have
my nap" ..'u.n
And he laid nickel on her lap
a nickel all for herself, to do as she
liked with-and in two minutes more
was nodding his head in sleep.
ass JOE KERR.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-13
The Weeks Fable.

These would be candidates should wait
and hear the voice of the public be-
fore fighting each other.
JOE KERR.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-13
Try 1t Once.

III MAN got mad at another man.
II A man who'd eloped with his
wife;
And he swore to chase him million
miles, r
Or until he'd taken his life.
He'd burn him at the burning stake
He'd scalp him DER and DER;
He'd cut him into sausage msaf
And torture him galore.
But did he do those things to him.
Didst keep his word and vow?
He didn't, and you've got to know
The reason why and how.
Because he saw another way
A way more fiendish still;
A way that Satan pointed out
To work his fiendish will.
A comic valentine he bought
And sent it on its way
And holy smoke! but the effect
Was awful in its way!
The man that got it toppled Ger
He cursed and raved and died;
The man that sent it grinned a grin,
And was quite satisfied.
JOE KERR.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-13
No Fool There.

evening! That's the kind Of a valen-
tine I am, and have you any objec-
tions?"
And the oldish man said that II he
got the time that day he would go
off somewhere and drop dead.
JOE KERR.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-13
LOVE LETTERS OF A SCHOOL
BOY.

BOY.
The grass Is green, the sky is blue,
Honey is sweet, and so are you.
I feel all throbby when see
You look across the room at me.
Oh, how I like to sit all day
And watch you while you teach away!
The rose is nice and sweet to smell;
My love for you no tongue can tell.
I wish that I was thirty-three,
For ma says that's what you must be-.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1912-10-04
Didn't Want Interest

El. was mighty bright negro
belonging to family in Columbia
Tenn. He had been faithful
servant for many years and by
saving and carefully investing his
wages he had belied the usual
thriftlessness attributed with more
or less justice to the majority of
his race.
His master was an attorney.
and one morning, before he had
arisen the lawyer was called upon
by Ed, who said:
'Say, boss A wants yo' ter draw
me up mawgige." 3"
GA mortgage?" asked his mas
ter. "What do you want a
mortgage for?'
"Well, Ah's done lent Unc'
Lisha $500, and l wants maw-
gigde on his COW an calf
"For how long have you lent
the money ?o
.Fo' one monf,
"One month! Why, the inter
est ON that amount for that time
wouldn't pay for the paper the
mortgage is written on
Boss said Ed, scratching
his head, .Ah, amt carin' muffin
fo' dat intrust-Ah jes' wants dat
niggah's COW an catf.'
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1912-10-04
DoingS In Our
Public Schools

Edward Kedrosky entered
school Monday.
Josephine James visited first
grade Tuesday afternoon.
Clara Byrus and Isabel Kedrosky
entered first grade Monday.
Florence Kedrosky started in
second year high school Mon
day.
For their reading the 7th and
oth grades are studying Long
fellows poems.
Miss Cora Long is reported
sick at Glendive, Miss Agnes
Burns is teaching the second
grade in her place.
In a written test given in
eighth grade arithmetic, Miss
Alma Brusseau led the class by
s points. The highest grade was
so, the lowest 36,
There has been a large number
OF absentees this week. The
fine days kept the boys at the
threshing machine, we suppose,
but we can't answer for the
girls.
In the weekly stories the soph-
omore class is getting busy and
some fine original stories have
been written. if they keep up,
the novel lovers of the future
generation need not worry.
(Continued on Editorial Page)
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1912-10-04
Be A Booster

We cannot all be president,
And boss the village board,
We cannot all become the gent
Who wins mayors reward,
We cannot all become the guy
Who rules the highest roost;
But one thing we can do, say L
That's boost, my brothers,
boost!
This town is just as good town
AS anywhere you'll hit:
There's naught on aarth can keep
it down
If we keep boosting it.
Let's trade at home, let's let a
yell
By local pride produce;
There's one thing all can do as
That S boost, my brothers.
boost!
When any fellow starts to knock
This town in any way,
Our dads to dig, our maiu to mock,
Our government to tlay,
Just take the knocking one aside
And ere your hold is loosed
Just whisper gently, 'Darn your
Now boost, you knocker, boostm
Beach Advance.
Read a good paper-the Pioneer
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1912-10-04

A new association for the Con-
gregational Churches of the eastern
portion OF the state is to be form
ed soon. The local Church ut the
last regular business meeting ex-
tended an invitation for the Asso-
ciation to hold its first meeting in
Wibaux. If the invitation is ac-
cepted by the committee in charge
representatives from about fifteen
churches will spend two or three
days in our city. 1t is understood
that the Glendive Congregational
Church has also invited the nsso-
citation to their city, The mat ter
will be decided by the committee
in charge within a week.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1912-10-04
Don't Forget the Editor.

With TIE crops that our farmers
are receiving this year, which will
give them all plenty of money,
they should not forget that we
have been sending them the Pio-
neer for the past year and could
use the subscription money that is
due us to good advantage.
We have worked hard and spent
considerable money during the
past year to give you the news Of
the town. We have tried to
please you al end have given
more real happenings about town
than both papers together have
cited during the past. We want
the news and have enIeayored to
get the same, but it is hard to get
it all at that.
The coming year we intend to
work harder than ever to get more
news and at the same time make
the paper better. We intend to
publish some articles each week
pertaining to the farm "hich will
help our farmer subscribers and
give them hints from men OF exper-
ience. All this takes money and
if you will all try to remember us
with subscriptions this fall it will
he p us and the paper consider
able.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1912-10-04
A Request.

A number of our citizens have
requested that we give space each
week for the publication of news
pertaining to the various churches.
Now this is a good move towards
helping humanity. for we all know
that the churc hes have done much
good and no harm. We invite all
the pastors of the local churches
as well as the members to write
up any little articles for publlca-
ton. We will gladly publish any
of these articles and will Ee pleas
ed to receive them. We are doing
our best to get out local news
paper that will be of interest to
the local people but we need CO.
operation more than anything else.
You can help considerable by tell
ing us what items that you know,
no matter whether 1t is only one
short local or not. Try to keep in
mind that We want the news and
will appreciate any efforts that you
can give us towards securing it.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1912-10-04
CHURCH NOTES

The Ladies' Aid Society Of the
Congregational Church will meet
at the Parsonage, Thursday after
noon, October 10th. All ladies
are invited.
The Annual Convention of the
Dawson County Sunday School
Association will meet at the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, at Sid
ney, Montana, on Oct, z and 8,
1912.
The State Conference Of Con-
gregational Churches will convene
for the annual meeting in Great
Falls, Tuesday and Wednesday of
next week. Rev. r. B. Walker,
pastor of the local church will at
tend the Conference.
A Harvest Home Festival will
be held at the Woodville School
house, Sunday Oct. 9th. Vege-
tables etc will be exhibited. Ser
vices will be held morning and
afternoon. At three O'Clock, Rev.
r. B. Walker will preach. There
will be special musical numbers by
male quartet.
The Village Council desiring to
have a stone sidewalk extending
to the schoolhouse, suggested to
the trustees of the Congregational
Church. the matter, and that body
desiring to cooperate with every
forward movement for the better
ment Of the town, at once ordered
q four and half foot walk placed
alongIt Ithe souti part of the Church
property. The contract was let
this week.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1912-10-04
Happenings of
Our Churches
The CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Services for Sunday, October 9Th

10 O'clock, Sunday School.
Subject of the ChiIdrens' Sermon
''The Smallest Sunday School in
Montana.
II O'CLOCK Morning Worship.
Sermon by the Minister.
s O'clock Evening Sermon.
The fourth and last in the series,
"Christ in Literature. Subject
"Snow- bound. Or Character For
med at the Fireside."
All are cordial y welcomed at
this Church.
Raymond B. Walker, Minister.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1912-10-04
CATHOLIC CHURCH

Services Second and Fourth Sun.
days, s and 1920 a. m. Otht r
Sundays s q. m. saturdays at 8
a. m, Catechism instructions, also
on Second and Fourth Sundays at
y a. N.
Rev. st. j. Cieslewicz, ID. D.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1912-10-04

TO CATHOLICS OF WIBAUX
There will be early Mass at s a.
N. next Sunday, Oct., 9th 1912.
Father Cieslewicz.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-10
Go be Conrinued.l
Milady's Toilet Table
BY Nine. D'NuLLE

OF course, not every facial blemish
can be removed by simple home treat
ment, but there are many common
Affections that yield quickly to proper
care and attention. A true beautifler
can be made by dissolving an orig
inal package of mayatone in a half
pint witch hazel. Gently massage
the face neck and arms with this,
ana yellowness, dark and muddy
patches, pimples, rough and red skin
will be banished 1t makes the skin
smooth, soft, white and satiny and
preserves the youthful charm of the
face.
Superfiuous hairs cause many wo-
men annoyance and embarrassment.
These can be quickly and easily re-
moved by applying delatone paste.
Mix little powdered delatone with
enough water to cover the hairs, APP
ply and after two or three minutes
rub off, wash the skin and the hairs
will be gone
You can avoid catching cold by
dry shampooing for the removal of
aust, dandrun and excess oil. Put
cupful of corn meal in a fruit jar
and mix with it an original package
OF therox. Sprinkle a little on the
head and brush out thoroughly. If
anything will make the hair grow,
therox will and this treatment keeps
the hair light, fluffy and beautifully
| lustrous.
For tired, sore. swollen or aching
feet there is nothing better than
Mothers Salve. Indeed, it will re-
lieve pain in any part of the body
headache, backache, or sore muscles.
IL is easy to use, quick to act and
should be in every home. for it al
leviates suffering from more serious
Affections such as rheumatism, lum-
bago and neuralgia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-10

Of the opera-house, found himself
once more in the light of the stage.
He stopped. with his heart thump-
ing in his chest: suppose Christine
Daae had been found? He saw a
group of men and asked:
Il beg your pardon, gentlemen.
Could you tell me where Christine
Daae is?"
And somebody laughed.
At the same moment the stage
buzzed with new sound and, amid
crowd of men in eyening-dress, all
talking and gesticulating together, ap-
peared a man who seemed very calm
and displayed a pleasant face, all
pink and chubby-cheeked, crowned
with curly hair and lit up by pair OF
wonderfully serene blue eyes. Mer-
cier. the acting manager, called the
Vicomte de Chagny's attention to him
and said:
This Is the gentleman 10 whom you
should put your question, monster
Let me introduce II. Mifroid, the
comuissary Of police"
"Ah, ". lie Vicomte de Chagny! De
lighted to meet you. monsieur" said
the commlssary. Would you mind
coming with me? And now
where are the managers?
Where are the managers? :"
MERCER did not answer, and Remy,
the secretary, volunteered the infor-
nation that the managers we're locked
up I'm their Office and that they knew
nothing as yet of what had happened.
You don't mean to say SOL Let US
20 up 10 the office"
And NJ Mifroid, followed by an ever
! increasing crowd, turned toward the
: business side OF the building. Mer.
cier took advantage OF the confusion
TO slip a key into GabriePs hand:
This is all going very badly" he
whispered You had bett4r let
Mother CRY out"
And Gabriel moved away.
They soon came to the managers
door. MERCER stormed in vain: the
door remained closed.
open in the name OF the law"
commanded NJ Mifroid, in a loud and
I rather anxious voice.
/ At last the door was opened. All
rushed into the Office, on the commits
sarys heels.
Raoul was the last to enter. AS he
was about to follow the rest into the
room. hand was laid on his shoulder
and he heard these words spoken in
his ear:
"Eriks secrets concern no one but
himself"
He turned around, with stified ex'
| clamation. The hand that was laid
on his shoulder was now placed on
the lips of a person with an ebony
skin, with eyes of jade and with an
astrakhan cap on his head: the Per
sian,
The stranger kept up the gesture
that recommended discretion and
then. at the moment when the aston
ished yiscount was about to ask the
reason of his mysterious Intervention
bowed and disappeared.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-10
CHAPTER XVI.
Nine. Giry's Astounding Revelations
A 70 Her Personal Relations

Nine. eiry's Astounding Revelations
As to Her Personal Relations
With the Opera Ghost.
Before following the commissary
into the managers office l must de-
scribe certain extraordinary occur
Fences that took place in that once
which Remy and MERCER had vainly
tried to enter and into which MN.
Richard and Moncharmin had locked
themselves with an object which the
reader does not yet know, but which
it is my duty, as an historian, to re-
veal without further postponement
have had occasion to say that the
managers mood had undergone a dis
agreeable change for some time past
and to convey the fact that this
change was due not only 10 the fall
Of the chandelier on the famous night
of the gala performance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-10


notes like those which had so much
astounded them the month before.
How simple!" said Richard.
How simple!" repeated Monchar.
min. And he continued with his eyes
fixed upon Name CRY, as though try.
ing to hypnotic her.
so 1t was the ghost who gave you
this envelope and told you to substi'
tute it for the one which We gave
you? And it was the ghost who told
you to put the other into M. Richards
pocket?"
Eyes, it was the ghost"
Then would you mind giving us 8
specimen of your little talents? Here
is the envelope. Act as though we
knew nothing"
'As you please, gentlemen"
Name CRY took the envelope with
the twenty notes inside 1t and made
for the door. She was on the point
Of going out when the two managers
rushed at her.
"Oh, no! Oh, no! We're not go.
ing to be done second time! Once
bitten, twice shy!"
Il beg your pardon, gentlemen
said the old woman, in self-excuse
you told me to act as though you
knew nothing. Well, If you
knew nothing, l should go away with
your envelope!"
And then how would you slip II
into my pocket?" argued Richard
whom Moncharmin fixed with his left
eye, while keeping his right on Name
CRY; a proceeding likely to strain
his sight, but Moncharmin was pre-.
pared to go to any length to discover
the truth.
81 am to slip it into your pocket
when you least expect 1t, sir. You
know that | always take a little turn
behind the scenes, in the course OF
the evening, and l often go with my
daughter to the 5alletfoyer, which 1
am entitled to do, as her mother; l
bring her her shoes, when the ballet
is about to begin in fact, I
come and go as | please. The
subscribers come and go too.
So do you, sir. There are lots
OF people about. l go behind you
and slip the envelope into the tail
pocket OF your dress-coat.
There's no witchoraft about that"
No witchcraft?" growled Richard
rolling his eyes like Jupiter Tonans
NO witchcrafti Why, I've just
caught you in lie, you old WITCH!
Name CRY bristled, with her three
teeth sticking out of her mouth.
And why, may l ask?"
Because l spent that evening
watching Box Five and the sham en-
velope which you put there. l did
| not go to the ballet-foyer for a sec
ond."
NO, sir, and l did not give you the
envelope that evening, but at the nexr
performance on the evening
when the under-secretary OF state fol
hne arts
AT these words, NJ. Richard sud
denly interrupted Name Giry:
Yes, that's true, remember now!
The under-secretary went behind the
scenes. He asked for me. went
! down to the balle<-foyer for a mo
ment- was On the foyer steps.
The under-secretary and his chiei
clerk were in The foyer itself.
l suddenly turned around you
had passed behind me, Nine. CRY
You seemed to push against
me. Oh, / can see you still,
can see you still"
IVES, that's it, sir, that's it. / haC
just finished my little business. Tha
pocket of yours. sir, is very handy
And Name CRY once more suitec
the action to the word. She passes
behind ii. Richard and. so nimbly tina
Moncharmin himself was impresset
by it, slipped the envelope into IN,
pocket OF one Of the tails OF u. Rich
ards dress-coat.
! "Of counsel" exclaimed Richard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-10

looking little pale. IT'S very clever
of o. G. The problem which he had
to solve was this: how to do away
with any dangerous intermediary be.
tween the man who gives the twenty.
thousand francs and the man who re
ceives it. And by far the best thing
he could hit upon was to come and
take the money from my pocket with
out my noticing 1t, as l myself did
not know that it was there. It's won.
derful."
"Oh. wonderful, no doubt" Mon.
charmin agreed. only, you forget,
Richard. that provided ten-thousand
francs Of the twenty and that nobody
put anything in my pocket"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-10

been there!"
And the Rue Scribe, madame, the
Rue Scribe? Have you never been to
the Rue Scribe?"
The woman laughed, screamed with
laughter Raoul darted away, roar
ing with anger. ran upstairs, four
stairs at a time, downstairs, rushed
through the whole of the business side
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-10

ing to rust and lilac, to say nothing
OF the dingy bonnet She seemed in
a good temper. She at once said:
Good evening, gentIemeni It's for
the envelope, l SUPPOSED"
Yes, Nine. CRY" said Richard.
most amiably. For the envelope
and something else besides"
AT your service. NJ. Richard, at
your service. And what is the some
thing else, please?"
First OF all, Nine Giry, / have q
little question to put TO you"
BY all means, NJ. Richard; Nine.
CRY is here to answer you"
Are you still on good terms with
the Rhost?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-10

Stunning q staggering air which Mon
charmin did not like. II knew moth
ing either! You put twenty-thousand
francs in my pocket and knew moth
ing either! l am very glad to hear
it, Nine. Giry!"
Yes" the terrible dame agreed,
yes, it's true. We neither of us
knew anything. But you. you must
have ended By finding OUT"
Richard would certainly have swal.
lowed Name CRY alive, if Monchar-
min had not been there! But Mon
charmin protected her. He resumed
his questions:
What sort of envelope did you put
in NJ. Richards pocket? 1t was not
the one which we gave you, the one
which you took to Box Five before
our eyes; and yet that was the one
which contained the twenty-thousanc
francs"
ST beg your pardon. The enveiop,
which NJ. lie directeur gave me wa
the one which slipped into NJ. lie di
recteur's pocket" explained Mam'
CRY. THE one which l took to tn,
ghosts box was another envelope
Just like it, which the ghost gave M
beforehand and which l hid up m,
sleeve"
So saying. Name CRY took from he
sleeve an envelope ready prepared an
similarly addressed to that containing
the twenty-thousand francs. Tn
managers took it from her. They e.
amined it and saw that 1t was fastene
with seals stamped with their ow
managerial seal. They opened it.
contained twenty Bank of st. Fare
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1912-10-10
Clear Lake.

Jesse Thompson was one of
the unfortunates to lose a horse
by the new disease. All his
friends regret his loss. He has
rented his place to his cousin,
Chester Barrett.
Mr.. Wilkerson has a colt sick
but at noon Sunday was yet Gv-
ing. We do hope the ravage of
the disease is passed and it will
be come more mild.
Carlyle Groves was using about
all the help he could get pulling
broomcorn.
Jerry Holderman made fna.
proof September 18th. He will
/ soon have his sale and then off foi
Waterloo, Iowa, We regret t.
see him go, he was our band lead
err for some time and during his
stay of a few hours Sept. 18, h
listened to the band and compli
mented it quite highly.
Edward Lane was offered $50
per day for himself and team u
pick up and stack brush. Many
men are getting $500 per da.
single handed and no few S2.5I
and very few $500.
Stanton & Thompson have de
sided to sell their sorghum mi
but molassas will be made ant
sold just the same. Chas. ThomI
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1912-10-10
Twin Mounds.

Sept. &c.
II. L.. How has returned from
Colorado. Mr.. How says that
country is o. K. but we notice,
in passing, that he lost no time
in getting back to old Beaver.
Lon McClurg and Leslie Cone
went to Sunset yesterday even.
ing. Broomcorn pullers are so
scarce and are kept so busy if
they must go to town they have
to go by moonlight. How many
saw the eclipse of the moon this
morning?
The Yeomans- Jones families
are sorry over the death of old
Queen" the family dog. Faith
full old Queen was one of the old
est settlers in the neighborhood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baumgartner
were welcome callers at Belle
Meade today. Mr.. B. has a new
buggy.
Mrs. Sarah Thompson visited
Mrs. Johnson last Monday and
helped peel peaches.
Mrs. Eyer was a caller at the
Martin home on Wednesday.
The cold wave of the last two
days seems to be a thing of the
past and today is typical Oklaho.
ma weather again.
A light frost visited this sec
ton last night nipping sweet pc
tatos and pumpkin vines in low
places but doing no other dam
age.
!, H. H. Martin is cutting feeC
today.
Harry Jones and j. A. How,
!, are running a broomcorn bale