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Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-12-06
BACHELOR MAID ANS
NEWSLETTER OF BARNS

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SYMPATHY FROM
"HELOISE"-- THINKS WOMEN METH. y
Err DEPENDENT OR WEAK.
Southern Corson County, S. IL
Dec. 2, 1912
Dewey County Advocate,
Timber Lake, S. D.
Dear Editor:
My attention has been called to
the letter appearing in your last
weeks paper-the product Of i
"love-lorn' bachelor claimholder.
who, however, exhibits good judg-
ment keeping his identity unknown
and adopting the nom de plume Of
Barkis." That is an exhibition
of good Judgment because this be
ing leap year, if it were known
where this forlorn individual might
be found it is probable that cupid
might lead an attack upon his shack
some night and carrv him away
captive to the castle Of some fair
one. where he would never see the
red rays OF the setting sun playing
on his kitchen furniture; listen to
the cooling sounds issuing from the
throat of his wonderful fiddle" !; OF
ponder over the mysteries Of Deut-
eronomy again. Wouldn't that be
awful Barkis?"
| am not answering his letter be-
cause | consider it had any person.
al application but because it seems
to me some lady claimholder should
call attention to the thoughts that
must have suggested themselves 10
any bachelor maid who took tn
trouble to read the effort of Bark
is"
Women are often referred to as
the weaker" sex and it seems to
be generally assumed that they are
a dependent class. Such a concep-
ton is farthest from the truth and
it is not necessary for me to 60 any
farther in substantiation of this
statement than to point to the
brave young women who are hold
ing down claims on the reservation.
Is there any evidence of weakness
in these? Can't most of them chop
their own kindling; make their own
gardens; stay alone nights and trap
their own mice? Are not most of
them worth about as much as their
brother bachelors? If you will
pardon a personal reference which
| make because it is particularly
applicable in this same connection,
will say that when | was several
years younger. and whole lot less
wise, | let a certain young man
make foot ball of my heart, but |
now have the satisfaction of know
ing that | can draw my check on a
solvent Dewey county bank for
more than he could sell all his
worldly possessions for. Now who
is the weak one between he and |?
AS to a woman being dependent
are there any reservation girls APP
pealing for protection. help or
charity? | guess not! And yet
here is "Barkis' who openly con-
fesses that the approaching winter
looms up before him as season
almost unbearable. Who is it that
is dependent?
Now "Barkis' | hope you will
somehow pull through the winter
and live to experience the resusciat-
ing influences of natures wond-
ers" in the spring time. If by
reason of melancholia your brain
has become little cob-webby so
not to be able to fully appreciate
this little shaft, just take hearty
sneeze. This frequently has very
clarifying effect.
Bye bye,
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-12-06
TIMBER LAKE SCHOOL
DOING FINE WORK
[oIAl OF IS PUPILS IN THREE ROOMS.
MANY OUTSIDE OF DISTRICT IN
ATTENDANCE HERE.

Horace Mann once said: School
at0uses are the republican line Of
Notifications. That being the
E0ase. this community. provided the
6resent generation of school child
TN continue to reside here after
hey become men and women,
Mould be we'll fortified with the
Test defense of a republic-that Of
sBn intelligent and moral citizen
4hip.
ks1t is probable that few schools in
CHS section of the state have had a
Aore successful year SO far than
Tie one here. The building has
ldar rooms but it seemed to the
Board early in the year that three
watchers would be sufficient. The
ptal Of SO scholars is now divided
y follows: Primary room, IS I'M
|x|r Miss. Minnie Wright; inter-
lhediate room Fl. Mrs. Howard
Darling, teacher. Grammar room
|3z under Mr.. J. A. G. Smith. prin-
|ejpal. Fifteen of these latter are
doing work above the 9th grade.
:
Nothing more forcibly indicates
that there is great interest in the
school on the part of both instruct
ors and pupils than that only two
scholars are now absent who have
been in the school at any time dur
|1e the year. One of these abb
tees is now teaching and the
ssls0ysd sn \ Il
The excellent advantages Of the
school are now being recognized
as is shown by the attendance from
outside the district of whom there
are ten now boarding in town who
do not live here.
1t is probable that a fourth
teacher will be engaged next year
and that thereafter the regular
high school work will be offered
which consists of work in the 9th,
10th, nth and 18th grades.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-12-06
Southern Corson County, S. Ds
Dec. 2, 1912.

Anyone desiring a sample copy
of the Farmers Weekly Dispatch
may have same by calling at this
office.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-12-06
Congregational Services.

Service at the Congregational
church next Sunday, Dec. 8 In
the morning my topic will be,
Lead us not into temptation it
being a continuation of the dis
cussion of the Lords Prayer. On
account OF the revival meetings at
the Baptist church we will have
no service in the evening.
w. A. Brintnall, Pastor.
How about Victorolo for Christ
mas? 1t is a source of enjoyment
for the whole family the year
round. No horn III the way.
$500 and up. Mccarthy Drug
Co. Adv.
St. Mary's Sewing Society will
meet with Mrs. B. H. Sudmeier
next Wednesday afternoon.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-08
FLYING MACHINE To
CORRAL WILD HORSES

Charles (Pete) Barnum, well
known as successful catcher of
wild horses, often receives letters
from outside parties who have
original ideas. which they believe
will corral all the mustangs now
ranging in our hills.
The latest from a New Yorker. is
right up to the minute. This party
owns a flying machine, which he is
willing to ship to Eureka and use.
to pursue the wild horses on their
native ranges. No one will deny
that the idea is new. The owner
thinks he can catch all the horses
in the state. Mr.. Barnum, who
was in Eureka this week, says he
BELIEVES the machine might prove
useful as an auxiliary, providing it
worked perfectly, and the opera
tor understood the nature of these
animals. Doubtless the saddle
horses that are called upon to make
the long runs necessary to exhaust
the wild ones would welcome a
machine that could do the work.
The owner of the aeroplane says
he can fly hiEh or low, turn quickly
in any direction, and speed up tc
60 miles an hour. Barnum says
lie thinks that is just sb ut the
gait necessary to keep up with
some Of the old studs on Fish
Creek Flat.-Eureka Sentinel.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-08
ClJRIOS

American beer as an article of
commerce is unknown in Malta.
Uncle Sam exported $31, 200, 900
worth of agricultural implements
last year.
Weather reports are sent from
Gibraltar to London daily by wire
less telegraphy.
1t takes three-tenths of a second
for signal to pass over the 200
miles of an Atlantic cable.
Despite the competition of
electricity, the coal gas business of
England is rapidly expanding.
The houses of London alone
could more than accommodate the
entire population of Switzerland.
Electric lights are to be install.
led in one of the oldest and most
famous Hindoo temples in India.
Both the rose and chrysanthemum
originated in China, recent
invetigatinn has disclosed.
There has heen great industrial
development in Austria in the last
eight years and the standard of
living has been raised materially.
Importing American mules into
Cuba is profitable business. The
mules quickly become accustomed
to Cuban climatic conditions. They
are treated we'll by the Cubans,
as they are looked upon as
expensive animals.
The opening of the P mama canal
will affect a saving in distance,
for vessels that choose the new
route. Of 5000 miles between
Europe and San Francisco; of 1900
miles between England and New
Zealand, and of about 2400 miles
between New York and Australian
ports.
New railways nov building ir
South America, according to 8
wr' ter in Chambers Journal
promise increased stability fol-
government as well as advantages
for commerce. 1T may be taken
as an axiom" he says Regarding
that part of tfe world, that the
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-08

more railways country has the
fewer the revolutions" The most
important of the railways referred
to is the one connecting Chile and
Argentina the first transconti-
mental railway in South America:
This has just been completed.
The japanese navy at present
comprises 62 vessels. with a total
displacement of $780, 500 tons. In
addition IL ships are in course of
construction or contracted for,
including the Kawachi and the
Settsu, each of 20. 300 tons which
are nearly completion A third
superdrea1naught of 5000 tons
viii be built by 1915. Other pro-
iected naval construction includes
four first-class cruisers of 1850
tons a 7O0-ton gunboat, two 1900
ton destroyers and one submarine,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-08
OICTOGRAPH REVEALS CRIME

The photograph, the sensitive
instrument which has lent itself
so marvelously to the purpose of
securing evidence of crime. is de-
scribed III an illustrated article in
the April Popular Mechanics
Magazine. The instrument COM
prises a most sensitive transmitter.
a receiver, small battery and as
much wire as is necessary. The
entire outfit can he held in one
hand and not cover all the fingers.
The transmitter can be placed any
where the person whose evidence
is desired will be most likely to
talk.
In the Ohio bribery cases it was
put under sofa in a hotel room.
In San Francisco it was placed
beneath the bed in a cell of the
city Jail. At Toronto, Canada,
where it was used in a hotel, it was
placed on table under papers. 1t
might be hung on the wall beneath
picture or a calendar, an
ordinary pin being strong enough
to hold it in place. Silk covered
wire can berun from the transmitter
to whatever room the operator
desires, and when connected, the
person holding the receiver to his
ear hears distinctly every word
uttered in the room where the
transmitter has b en- placed. Steno.
graphers, if so equipped, can make
a verbatim report of such con-
versations, as has been done in
several criminal cases.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-08
DELAY CAUSES LOSS
TO STOEMEN

Captain w. NJ. !Moorman was in
town on Wednesday from the
Norman ranch at Illipah. He
says that the cracks IN the earth in
Jake's valley are causing almost
continuous loss of stock to himself
and his sons and other stockmen.
One ranchman owning a small
bunch of about eighty head, has
already lost five in the treacherous
holes. which have become filed
with water end act as SO many
death traps for the stock. The
special hill introduced by Senator
Newlands to allow the stockmen
to fence that portion CT the forest
reserve on which the cracks occur,
has been pigeon-holed by the COM
mittee to which it was referred
and the senator writes that it may
take a year to get action ON it. In
the meantime the losses to stock.
men go steadily only Record.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-08

kept np to regular standard it
must be inspected regularly.
There is not only a general time
inspector on most railroads. but a
staff of local inspectors who are
placed along the road at convenient
points, and to whom the men may
resort when they wish to compare
their time with the standard at
that place. Once every two weeks
the railroad man submits his
watch to an INSPECTOR CASUALLY
jeweler or matchmaker by profes
sion). The Inspector gives his ex.
pert opinion on the condition of the
time-piece. If it needs cleaning
he says so and does it: if it is
fast or slow he regulates it, and
not until it is running with suffi-
cient accuracy is it allowed to
escape from his care. A watch's
record is Kept as if it were q thief
S" far as repairing goes. the rail
road man is under no compulsion.
He need not hand over his watch
TO any particular Matchmaker or
inspector for repair, but he can
give it to any matchmaker in
whom he has confidence. 1t must,
however, be submitted to the
'inspe ctor before it can be used in
actual Western Railway
News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-08
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To William Mears: You are
hereby notified that l have ex-
pended during the year 1911 one
hundred dollars in labor and i'm
provement, upon the Golden Star
Lode Mining Claim, situated in
Gold Circle Mining Distict, County
of EIko. State of Nevada; the
location certificate of which is found
Of record in the office of the
County Recorder of Elko County, in
book II at page $40 of mining
notices, records of Elko County,
Nevada, in order to hold said min
ing claim under the provisions of
Section 1924 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and
the amendments thereto, approved
January %. 1880, concerning an
nual labor upon mining claims,
being the amount required to hold
said mining claim for the year
mentioned.
And if within ninety (9O) days
after the publication hereof you
fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of such expenditure as
co.owner, which amounts to sixteen
dollars and sixty-six cents, your
interest will become the property
of the subscriber. your co-owner
who has made the required rx-
Denditure under said section.
Dated Midas, Nevada. May Ist,
1912.
w. A. Adams
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-08
NOTICE or FORFEITURE

To William Mears: You are
hereby notified that | have. expend-
ed during the year 1911 one
hundred dollars in labor and i'm
provements upon the Silver Star
Lode Mining Claim, situated in
Gold Circle mining District,
County of Elko, State of Nevada:
the location certificate of which is
found of record in the office of the
County Recorder of Elko County in
book II at page 57l Of Mining
notice records of Elko County, Ne
vada, in order to hold said mining
claim under the provisions of
Section 1924 of the Revised
Statutes Of the United States and
the amendments thereto, approved
January %, 1880, concerning an
nual labor upon mining claims,
being the amount required to hold
said mining claim for the year
mentioned. And If, within ninety
90) days after the publication
hereof, you fail or refuse to con-
tribute your proportion of such
expenditure 40 co.owner, which
amounts to sixteen dollars and
sixty.six cents, your interest in
said claim will become tie pro j.
erty Of the subscriber, your CO.
owner, who has made the required
expenditure under said section.
Dated Midas, Nevada, May, 1st,
1912.
W. A. Adams.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-08
THE RAILROAD Man
AND HIS WATCH

1t may be news to many that
the watch of the railroad man is
as necessary in modern railroad
ing as the air brakes. Without
accurate time-keeping there would
probably be more accidents than
if there were no air brakes. The
train dispatcher starts a train at
a certain time; he halts it at
certain stations at certain times
he Esidetracks it for a period of
} varying lengths: the watch of
the conductor on the sidetracked
train must agree with he wach Of
the conductor on the express to
which he had to give way; each
siation-master along the road
checks the times of every train
that stops or flies past.
In order that there may be agree
ment among all these railroad men
there must obviously be not only
time-pieces, but accurate time
pieces. There must also be some
m cans Of inspecting the time
pieces to see if they are accurate,
and if they agree with some stan.
dard. The railroad man is there
fore compelled to buy not simply
an ordinary watch of reasonable
value, but a particularly good
watch, a time-piece which is known
in America as the l7-jeweled
patent regulator, watch which is
adjusted to heat, cold and at least
three positions These three posi-
tions are pendent up, as carried lin
the pocket, dial up anu dial dow n
Such an instrument will not vary
more than 80 seconds a week,
which is good deal more accurate
than many scientific instrum .nts
of precision used in laboratories.
Even human proneness to error is
considered in this matter of choos
ing good railroad watch. for q
lever-set watch is preferred to the
pendant-set watch, because there
is just the chance that the stem OF
the pendant-set may not be pushed
back after setting, through ar
oversight.
On one great line about 5000
watches. worth on an everage OF
$25 apiece Ia low estimate) are
used. If we take Into consideration
the number of watches that are
used on other roads throughout
the country, it is evident that the
value must run up into hun dreds
of thousands of dollars.
In order that the watch may be
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-08

Mrs. E. Wallace wishes TO an
nounce to the public that she has
moved her Massasge Parlor to
Room 62 in the Commercial Hotel
where she will be pleased to see all
who need her services. En-
terance to office on Idaho ST..
Office open for business on and
after Wednesday. March IL.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-08

Or. Alexander has returned and
can he found at his office ready to
do all work in the dental line.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-08

On Saturday evening, May II, will award to
the one having the highest number of votes the
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-08

W. A. Adams.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-04
AUGUST WAS an
IDEAL MONTH
Slope Country Had Bright Sun
Shine for Nearly Half Of
The Month

According to the monthly meteor
olo..cS. summary just compiled by
Edwin G. Larson acting director oil the
local weather bureau, for the month
of AUGUST, we have experienced what
could be called an ideal month.
We had twelve clear day s, 1--WE
daye wholly cloudy. fourteen parity
cloudy and rain fell IN twelve days.
The mean maximum temperature for
the month waists the mean minimum
o4.5 and the mean temperature Co..
The maximum temperature was ~
degrees reached on the 23rd and the
minimum was IS degrees reached on
the third.
The total precipitation for the
month ~Eas 2.33 inches, the greatest
in twenty-four hours beieg &c OF an
inch on the 18TH and 18th. No hail
was recorded during the month and
thunder storms were reported on the
1. 6, II, IL. IS and 29th. No frost
was recorded during the month.
The following is a table showing
the maximum, minimum and mean
temperatures and precipitation for
each day IN the month:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-04
An EnaIish eeIlman.

Some occupations attain Importance
simply by surviving. The bellman was
not held in much esteem when he was
really useful. but now in such places
as he still pursues his calling be Is
quite a parsonage. In n fashionable
west country health resort the beiiman
goes around in n smart uniform. mount
ed on a pony and when he has cried his
news. generally offers of reward for
lost property. delivers a discourse TO
his hearers concerning himself as the
only mounted bellman in England and
then produces picture post caD1s with
his photograph. which seem to have a
ready saIe.-London Standard.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-04
American Restaurants.

What disconcerts the European in the
great American restaurant is the ex-
cessive, the occasionally maddenins
slewness Of the service and the lack OF
interest in the service. Touching the
latter defect. the waiter Is not impolite:
he is not nes!ectful. But he is too Of
ten passirely hostile or at best neutral.
He or his chief has apparently not
grasped the fact that buying a meal is
not like buying a ton or coal. II the
purchaser is to get value for his money
he must enjoy his meal, and II be Is to
enjoy the meal it must not merely be
efficiently served. but it must be effi'
GENTLY served in a sympathetic atmos-
phere. The supreme business OF a good
waiter is to create this atmosphere
Arnold Bennett in Harper's.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-04
Eyss That Become Stars.

The most remarkable beileI or snpeI-
stition concerning the human eye Is
one that Is current In Australia.
Among the natives of that country 1t
IL the general belief that the left eye
OF every chief becomes a star the mo-
ment the chief in question is done with
ii. 'rhe sun. they say. is the eye Of the
'.gre ,ter god and the moon the eye OF
the lesser god" All the stars were
once the left optics OF human beings
OF high rank. Shuncle. a celebrated
ckte... once ate the eye Of a valiant
chief, thinking thereby TO increase the
brilliancy OF his W EYE star But
the eye burned through Shungle and
killed him. whereupon his W left eye
became joined to the one he had eaten.
and the two may now he see as a
beautiful double star lying just to the
east Of the Southern Cross.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-04
Undressing While Swimming.

An authority on boating and swim
ming advises that every boy and girl
who is learning to swim also learn to
undress in the water. so that in case
of falling overheard from a boat there
will be less danger Of drowning. Put
on old clothes. he says. swim with
hand and the opposite foot and take
off the shoe from the free foot with
the free hand. After the shoes are OK
they being the first things to get nd of.
the swimmer should turn on his back
and take of his clothes or as many as
he can get off. swimming meanwhile
with his legs.-New York Herald.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-04
CALGARY IN GALA ATTIRE

Special to The Trihure- 49,,
CALGARY. ALTA, Sept ALI
the public buildings and many private
residences in Calgary have received
the finishing touches Of p~rofuse deco
ration in anticipation of the visit OF
the Duke and Duchess of Connaught
The vice-regal party will arrive here
early tomorrow afternoon and viii
be welcomed by a large party OF pro-
yincial and municipal officials and a
committee of citizens. During his
stay here the GovernorIGeneral Will
attend the Stampede Carnival, review
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-04
Sneexino.

Sneezing is the hest brain clearer
known. Mary persons conclude an
attack OF faintnesS or fainting with a
violent sneeze. Our ancestors took
snuff from a belief in the eficscy OF
sneezipg. But tobacco so taken is in
part absorbed into the blood and hurts
the system. Tickling the nostriis with
a feather or straw will act as well as
taking snuff. Try ii when You feel
faint. Ii cannot do harm.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-04

is no; so good, although a fair crop.
In New Salem vicinity he states
that the crop is as good as he has
seen. and the corr the best he has
see this year. Mr.. Dogney is an old
soldier and has just finished proving
up on $50 acres of Montana land,
using his soldiers rights. One OF the
pleasant features OF Capt. Downey's
visits here is the visit with the vet.
Grams, VIM. Gaebe and J. NJ. Kisaer,
all three having served at Shiloh in
1862. though then unknown to each
other. From here they go TO their
old home at Whitewater, Wis.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-04

MS brother have both spent most OF
their liz IS on the Missouri and know
all about its navigation. and the new
ownership means that from now on
We Will have a ferry "on the job" all
the time. In connection with the
ferry they contemplate running their
thirty-foot yatch The Irene between
here and Fl. Yates TO carry passen,
gers.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-04
VISITED At NEW SALEM.

NEW SALEM. Sept. 3--Mr. ana
Mrs. j. j. Downey of Outlook Mont.
arrived here TO visit with their son.
L. J. DoEnev, and wife. On their trip
New Salem they came BY the way
OF Cnlbe-rson. Minor and Bismarck
Montana has q fine crop and it con.
liauss good into Minot, but from
Minot TO Bismarck along the 500 it