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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-19
WARDIMG OFF COLDS.
Keep Your Hands Clean and Away
From Your Nose and Mouth.

"Trying to trace a cold is not
easy said a health expert. Many
if not most Of them are credited to
drafts. 1t is very unfortunate
that these cool currents Of air. co-
pccially if the air is fresh, are so
generally and persistcntly maligncd.
When grandma or father Sneezcs
mother looks at once for some open
door or window and it is promptly
closed. If John or Mary has the
snivels in the morning nothing
seems clearer than that they slept
near an open window. On the next
night the windows are kept closed
and the good. pure air is kept out
side for the birds and the squirrels.
Il say it is too bad that air in
motion has achieved such IA bad rep
utation. a cold is a disease, and
only follows an infection, and the
infection can only come through the
nose or mouth. There is no ques-
ton about this. All doctors agree
on it, and it seems, at least to
those in the profession, reasonable
and simple. Your hands gather
germs all the time, because disease
germs are as common as weeds.
You put your hand up to your nose
or mouth many times a day-it is a
habit-and a bad one. The germs
lodge in these entrances and at an
opportune time are taken into the
system. When IA cold develops as
Il result you wonder in what way
YOU have been %indiscreet, and at
once try to recall some draft or sud
den cooling of.
'The best remedy for a cold is
to take lots of fresh air-good, pure
food and enough exercise. The
best way to prevent a cold is to wash
your hands often and never to put
your fingers either in your nose or
mouth. Remember that IA cool or
hot or any current of fresh air
blowing on your back at night or in
the daytime can never infect your
system and produce a cold. Colds
come from a germ."-New York
Press.
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Casting of Metals.

AS is well known, some metals
are unsuitable for casting, while
others. like iron. can readily be
cast in any desired shape. The
property of casting well is said to
depend upon whether the metal
contracts or expands on solidifying
from the liquid form. Iron, like
water, expands in solidifying, and
hence the solid metal may be seer
floating in the liquid iron about it
The expansion causes it to fill the
mold into which it is poured. and
so it can be cast easily. Gold and
silver contract in cooling and there
fore are not suitable for casting
Harper's Weekly.
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WiIlie's Sensible Answer.

The schoolmaster wanted to
know whether the boys had IN un-
Outstanding of the functions of a
British consulate. Surprising" he
began, framing his question in the
likeliest way to arouse the interest
of his hearers-"supposing some
n took you up in an aeroplane and
after a long, exciting flight dropped
you down thousands Of miles from
home in a country quite foreign,
what place would you seek out first
of all?"
An eager hand was instantly up
lifted.
"Well, Willie, what do you say?"
"Please, sir, the hospital."-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
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The Hudson Bay Company.

The adventurous vcyageurs, Ra-
disson and Groseilliers in the years
between 1868 and 1861 pushed
their steps to Lake Nipigong and
the Lake Of the Wood and learned
from the Indians thel that a great
body of water, Hudson bay, lay
not far away. The on come Of that
pioneer trip was the ohartering in
1870 Of the Hudson Bay company,
whose existence as a ritual monop-
oily in the fur trade a continued
since then and whose far flung line
of trading posts nov marks always
the outermost limits of habitation
in that frozen coun ry.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-19
ANCIENT JOKES.
Some That Have Amused the World
For Thousands Of Years.

Age cannot wither some stories,
and the Oldest joke on record is re-
lated in one of the Berlin papyri of
the sixth Egyptian dynasty (about
5000 B. c., and it should not be
overlooked hat in the days when
the world was young a tale enjoyed
centuries of verbal currency before
it was inscribed in permanent form.
According to the papyrine, a GER
tain scribe who worked for the tenn
pie of Thoth occupied apartments
where his neighbors on either side
were a coppersmith and a carpenter,
respectively. These honest artisans
were exemplary specimens of indus
try, and kept up such a row all day
and most of the night that the poor
scribe was almost driven mad. At
last, by a stroke of craftiness, he
buttonholed each neighbor sepa-
rately and bribed them to change
their lodgings, which they did-with
one another. This tale has kept
the world amused for 5000 years
we often meet with it now--and it
never seems to have occurred to
anybody to wonder why the scribe
aid not change his own lodgings;
but perhaps his rent was in such
arrears. as sometimes happens to
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other literary gentlemen, that it
was cheaper to bride the two work
men.
Another perennial that runs the
above hard for first place in point
of age is that of the man who goes
to buy some weighty article and
carries it on his shoulder to save
firing the horse he is riding. This
story in the comic papers of today
is usually tackled on to an unfortu-
nate Irishman or old dame from the
country.
Coming to classic times, the most
celebrated hardy annual which took
its rise then now usually appears
in this guise: A man went into a
cookshop for dinner, but was kept
waiting so long while the owner
dished it up that the perfume of
the meat took his appetite away
it was long before the invention of
timed beef, by the bye-and he
purposed to leave without buying
anything. The proprietor, how
ever, thought he ought to pay for
the price of a square meal, and the
question was referred to the village
idiot, who happened along just
then. He decreed that as the one
disputant had been satisfied with
the smell of the food the other
should be paid by listening to the
chinking of some coins in q plate
T. P.'s London Weekly.
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Pertinent Advice.

A student noted for his careless
Tess in dress once approached Pro-
fessor Simon Newcomb of Johns
Hopkins university for advice. He
was thinking of leaving college and
going into business, having had a
flattering offer.
"Now you know my case, profess
sor," he said, "and if you were in
my shoes what would you do?"
The professor looked very serious
and replied:
"Black them, of Counsel"
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His Mi take.

"Is this a CON mission house"
asked the tall mar
eyes, sir" said the commission
merchant. "Whar can we do for
you?"
"Well, if you sci, commissions I'd
like to buy one, if they're not too
dear, for my son. | want a lieutcn-
ants commission n the army, for
nv son wants to oe a soldier, and
les zoo lazy to go to West Point"
Exchange.
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In a city not subject to earth
quakns there lived a family which
had one of those domestics of the
break everything they touch sort.
Recently the town expressed a
slight shock. Pictures were thrown
down, crockery and furniture rat
tied about. In the midst of the
tumult the mistress went to the
head of the stairs and called out in
a would be patient tone. "Mary
Ann, what r you doing nowr"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-19
CLEVER WOODPECKERS.
Methods of These Wise Birds In So
curing a Supply OF Food.

Many birds show very great intel
ligence, but the wisdom of the
woodpecker is certainly we'll worth
careful study. Some persons are of
the opinion that reason is no more
than keen instinct, but there is "A
difference when we come to study
some Of the habits Of a few of the
more intelligent birds.
The woodpeckcrs that inhabit
some Of the western wooded dis
t%ricts, and especially in sections Of
California, show a wonderful rea-
soning power. They actually plan
for months ahead for what they
consider a very delicate mor~ci Of
food. They provide certain food
for a season when that particular
Kind is very scarce, and they make
the work Of securing 1t quite easy
too.
While acorns are failing in the
autumn months the woolpeckcrs
climb all over the trunks Of trees
and peek hundreds of small holes in
the wood. They carry acorns to
these cavities and in some manner
pound or push them into the holes
they have made, with the point Of
The acorn in the hole. leaving ex-
posed the larger end of the acorn.
Months after, when winter has
passed and the spring has come,
these woodpeckers return to the
scene of their autumn labors, and
there in each acorn they find a nice
plump worm feeding on the kernel
of the acorns they had placed in the
holes in the trees. The birds fit
from one acorn to another, peck
open the shell and extract the de-
licious morsel of food. The birds
evidently knew the worms would
be there.
Men who have watched the work
of these birds while placing the
acorns in the holes they made in
the trunks of trees declare the birds
will carefully examine an acorn, and
if it is found to be one that prom
Uses worm life in the months to fol-
low it is carried to the cavities and
deposited. but if the acorn is a per-
fectlv sound one the birds will dis
card it and pick up another.
Most acorns, like chestnuts. are
polluted with d germ in the earlier
stages of the nuts life, and this
germ matches out a worm in the
very flesh of the nut and the meat
is food for the worm.
1t is very evident the smart
woodpeckers know all this, and
much more, and they simply reason
that it would be wise to secure a
plentiful supply, and this is the
reason they are so busy pecking the
trees full of holes. Each hole will
hold an acorn, and each acorn will
contain a worm.
1t is said the food supply of these
birds would be quite scarce at the
,pring season if they did not resort
to this method of storing away a
good supply Of meat for that sea
son. = Philadelphia North Amer
lean.
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Hardly Q Compliment.

"Some of your speeches." said the
cynical friend, "make me think of
a mathematical marvel | once
knew"
"ln what wav?"
"He would dispose offhand of any
problem you gave him. Nobody in
the crowd was able to say whether
he got the right answer, and it
really didn't seem to make much
difference anyhow."-Washington
Star.
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n way ne SAD II
81 don't think my husband loves
me any more"
"Why not?"
"The other day / said to him,
John, if | should die would you get
married again. and he said he
wouldn't"
A1sn't that all right ?"
Eyes, but l wish you could have
heard the positive way he said it."
-Newark News.
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FORGOT himself

Mrs. Henpeck-We hev bin mar
ried twenty years today, Hiram.
Hiram with a sigh)-Yes, fer
twenty years we've fought
Mrs. Henpeck (scowling)-What ?
You old wretch.
Hiram (quickly)-Life's battles
together, Girandy.%udge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18

built up the tobacco monopoly are work ing upon another grand plan of consoida-
 ton, to take the place of the old Re ports have been going the rounds and finding their way into the newspapers that James B. Duke. founder of the To- hacco trust, has quarrelled with hls asso- ciates, and will conduct a bitter compeh- tion against them, the battle ground be- ing two continents, and most of the rest of the world. Those best 'in the know say there is not the slightest foundation for the talk of actual friction in this group of muti-mil illionaires, who have grown inordinately rich together
 and whose interests are closely inter- woven The report which finds eredence among those who should be best informed Is that MT. Duke in breaking away from American Tobacco and assuming the pres idency of the British-American Tobacco company, is simply engaged in the con- struction of a raft upon which to hoat the fragments of the American Tobacco trust and join the pieces together again under the protection arkl direction or the foreign corporatio There is nothing in the tobacco business too big for MT. Duke and his associates to take on. For years they have dominated the trade ~ America, and within the comparatively recent past, have gained A powerful foot hold in Great Britain and in Europe. It is, therefore, not unreal for this crowd to conceive of and carry into execution an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18

Irl inner circles the story is current that the little group of insiders who have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18
RObbER OF MAIL
 TRAIN ARRESTED

Paris. February 17.-(Special.)- )-only little more than two months ago the In- dian mail bags were stolen on the P. l.. M. express train between Paris and Lyons. The robbery caused a great ssn- sation at the time. More than 8 mail bags had been ripped open. Some or the contents were scattered along the line, and all the valiables and securities in the bags carried off The robber had climbed into the van while the express was goirg at terrific rate, and had escaped before it reached Lyons.
 The police imagined that two or three men must have done this work, but 1t now turns out that it was all done by one man, Vincent Bazoncourt, who has been arrested In Brussels He was formerly in the postal service and is the son of a man whose whole life was spent in the postal administration. Bazoncourt. after some years of service, asked to leave The postal department on October {, on the plea that he was applying for a position in the colonies. He had. during the time of his stay in the administration, been employed frequently as extra in the mall trains to Lyons. He thus knew all about the arrangements and how some of the mail vans trayeled without a guard.
 After the robbery the police asked for the names of all the postal employees who had left the service some time before. as they only could know the secrets. and the robber was suspected to be among them They received scores of names, but that of Bazoncourt was not at first among them. It was only after a new list was drawn up that inquiries were made about him. It was then learned that he had moved to another lodging house. called the Hotel du Rhone. and that his move ments were mysterious.
 Ten days ago he suddenly left for Brns sels He was traced and arrested there a few days ago, and is alleged to have con- fessed at once that he did it all alone. He had not been able to derive much profit from the robbery. Before he was able to negotiate any securities the names and numbers of these were known and pub- lished. He tried, 1t is alleged, to wash out the numbers and change them bu. the securities were refused as suspicious, and this betrayed him. The police searched his room and found about $lo.oo0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18

worth of securities in bag and nearly all the missing shares have been recov- cred.
 The robbery brought no profit to Bazon- court, who lived In q wretched way for the last two months, and could hardly pay for his room. He is described as weak and in bad health, but his former col leagues say that he was a tall. athletic man when they knew him. and used to be a little eccentric. Some days he was very melancholy and others he was oS. uberant and used to turn somersauits This explains how he could have executed the rate of more than 60 miles an hour. very athletic man to climb from the root of one van to another and smash in a window while the express was going al ther ate of more than 60 miles an hour
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18

received today contain particulars of
 the Timore outbreak, which took place the day before Christmas. The inhabitants of Manufai, one day distant from Dilli, rose in revolt and killed Lieutenant Silvia, a sergeant.
 and his wife, a corporal and his wife
 and another European in charge of the government plantations. The news caused alarm at Di1li. The natives appeared to be satisfied with what they had already accom- plished and did not attack Dilli. They had hated Lieutenant Silvia for years. His despotic rule was given as the
 cause for the massacre. The native chiefs and a number of natives concerned in the massacre were taken prisoners. Tranquility prevailed
 in the district at the date of the latest news.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18
ANTICIPATE NO
 TROUBLE IN MAJORS

New York, February 17.-No trouble over the failure of the American league to ratfy the new national agreement at it's meeting in Chicago because of members objections to certain sections is antlci- pated by the National league club press idents. judging from the talk of the see- eral who were still in the city today after attending the league meeting which closed yesterday. August Hermann of Cincin- natl was one of these.
 President Lynch saw no reason to be- lieve that the American league objected to the spirit of the new national agree ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18
OUTBREAK AMONG
 NATIVES OF TIMORE

Lisbon, February 1.-The govern
 nent has dispatched 300 troops sup ported by gunboat to the Portuguese Eolony of Timore, in the Malay archi- belago, where revolution has broken but among the natives.
 Rebels have seized the capital, Dilli, many murders and sacking g he city. They have fired several fac |ories and decapitated two Portuguese officers and several soldiers, whose beads they stuck on poles. Women, held Tor ransom, were taken into the in |erior by the rebels.
 Seattle, February 17.-Tokio papers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18
r R E E
 p l | E REMEDY
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What It Has Done for Others, It Can
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 We do not ask you to do this. Send us your name and address and we will send you trial pacakge by mall, free.
 We know what the trial package will do In many cases it has cured piles without further treatment. If it proves it's value to you, order more from your druggist, at soc boz. This is fair, is 1t not? Simply cut out free coupon below and mail today, with your name and ad- dress on a slip of paper, to the Pyramid Drug Co. 425 Pyramid Bldg.. Marshall. Mich, and a sample will be sent you free. >
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18

Railroad presidents, interior bankers and the great mass of business and personal correspondents from the western and southwestern part of the country, unite in saying that soil and weather condi tons give promise of bunker winter wheat crop and other farm productions throughout an immense agricultural terri tory. Brilliant crop reports from the northwest are regarded as premature, and carry slight weight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18

ambitious plan for the concentration of the tobacco interests in more soidlfied form than ever before-bigger and more powerful in every way than before the Washington government stated in to 'bust the trust" When MT. Thomas F. Ryan, Anthony Brady, Oliver Payne. the Whit ney heirs, and all that crowd really go to pieces in fractional dispute mll- lennial days will surely be drawing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18
BOND MARKET NOW CENTER 0F INTEREST Enormous Sums Are Daily
 Being Invested POLITICS ON STREET Business Interests Realize Mighty
 Revolution Is Going on Even Though No Blood Is Be- ing Shed
By ". G. NICHOLAS

New York, February y11-(Special) )-This IS bond market rather than stock
 market. Activity centers largely in the
 senior class of securities. Savings banks,
 insurance companies, trustees and wealthy
 people are putting their substantial sur
 plus into bonds and transactions are
 on large scale. This does not appear
 so much in the buying and selling on
 the exchange as across the counters of
 banks and underwriting concerns. There
 has been no attempt to put up the prices
 of bonds, but rather, a readiness to take
 the money that is offered and do no
 haggling. The salesmen have the goods
 on their shelves and are only too willing
 to tighten the load, lest the market get
 away from them. Despite the activity,
 the manufacturers and statesmen Of bonds
 have a feeling that the market is none too broad or deep or strong, and that they are following a policy of prudence by taking advantage of every opportunity when presented. Since the beginning of the year new isues of bonds have been very heavy and the stuff Is still coming out in torrents. It has long been point of dispute in Wall street as to whether a boom in the bond market preceded one in the Stock market, or whether stocks took the precedence in that sort of dem onstration. The issue is settled for this year at least. We are having our big bond market and the other is yet to come assuming that we are ever again to see
 wild speculation. It looks now as though
 stock gambling might become a lost art, but we are only passing through pe-
 riod of depression in that quarter. As
 the old sea captain told his alarmed pas senger about the storm hidden sun: Tt always has rose again"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18

Discussion in Wall street has been di- vided between the very big things on one side and trivialities on the other, with the latter taking lead in the matter of surface interest aroused. Big poli- tics has. held the minds of big people,
 of course and it will continue to do SO at least until after the two conventions, and even then, until after events take
 such form as to cast q shadow of safe prophecy ahead. There Is no getting away from the fact that the coming presidential election, taken in conjunction With tariff revision and agitation against combna- tons of capital, will continue to play an important part in the making of prices, not only of commodities but stocks. Those who would seek to ignore or belittle the
 importance and significance of political forces. operating market wise. are onsy deceiving themselves and that is species to folly sensible people try to avoid.
 For the moment representatives of the great interests are doing no more than they can help. Part of them have gone away on their winter vacations, but py far the larger number remain fin or with In easy reach of New York. Their money
 bags are here, and it is just as well not
 to stray too far from the base of supply.
 Truth is a great many men of affairs ip
 the business world, and in banking, real
 lze that mighty revolution is going on
 more or less peacefully, and without
 the shedding of blood or destruction of
 property, but resistlessiy as the move
 ment of the spheres. They are watching
 the action of these forces with undisguised
 anxiety and solicitude. They feel that
 they are coming out all right. but that 1t
 is- nevertheless a good time to stay around
 where their principal interests lie-just
 to be on hand in case something might
 happen, and rescue parties be needed for
 salvage work.