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Arizona republican., 1912-09-08
BURNED COAL IN 238 B. C.
I he Earliest Reference IS Found in
 the Writings of Aristotle

It is thought that the earliest ref crence to coal is that found in the writings of Aristotle and of Theoph- reus. who lived about 23S B. C.
 There is evidence that coal was used in England as early as the year S52. According to Bishop Pudsey Escomb and Bishopwearmoutn were two of the earliest coal mining set dement's Newcastle appears to have come into notice about the year 1234, when Henry III granted the inhabi- tarts a charter authorizing them to mine fer it.
 The Chinese knew of and used coal in the thirteenth century The ear liest reference to coal in Belgium is assigned to the year 1198, when 8 blacksmith at Liege is said to have been the first in the kingdom to em~ plOy it as fuel.
 Paris received it's first coal from Newcastle in 1920. In Scotland coa was worked as early as the twelfth century.-Harper' Weekly. -O--
 Contributions to The Republican Want Ad section are good business get in omit
Arizona republican., 1912-09-08

graphs If the curves of your figure are generous don't insist upon stand ing with your hands behind you. Re member. always. that color means very little to the photographer. He is looking for lines. He will place you in the most unfavorable position from this line standpoint, and attri- butes that may have seemed most i'm portant to you in dressing for the photograph will be as nothing to him. Lines-and contours are his fetish; and all details of costume, of cOiffure and of iewelry are things to be kept quite subserVient to line.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-08
THERAPEUTICAL
 EFFECT OF GLASSES
How They Improve the Gen eral Health When Cor
 rectly Fitted
By pr. F. M. Brown of the Phoenix
 Opt Company.

Did you ever stop to consider tie wonderful mechanism involved m the operation of the eye, and US Varlou7 nerves and muscles? So perfect IS the mechanism that tiny object IS seen at a great distance, singly, ln- stead of doubly, although viewed py two distinct organs. This IS accom- plished only by the keenest eXactnesS of the visual organs, and yet without any conscious effort upon the part or the observer.
 Isn't if remarkable to what an eX- tent people will neglect and abuse the eyes. notwithstanding the fact that this vision is the most precious or the | five senses? There are no other or gans of the body that are more appre- | ciated than the eyes, and none the neglect of which entails more serious | results Many otherwise intelligent people are sadly deficient Tn the knowledge of how to care for the eyes 1 and some who really KNOW how to care for them do not give the same attention to them that they cheerfully Ibestov on hats or gloves. Thousands % through life in a half blind state when the pleasures of life could be greatly enhanced by the aid of pail of correctly fitted glasses.
 Defective vision is the result, in large number of cases, of over-appli- lcation and close study demanded by modern civilization, in both the worl
 of life and the study necessary to pre- pare for it.
 great many people depend almos
 entirefy upon the vision of one eye from the fact that the other eye i defective in some manner By care
 fully fitted glasses such a person vision becomes equal in both eyes, am
 the strain is divided by stimulatin
 the action of the defective eye, an relieving the overtaXed one. (Contin Iued in next Sundays issue)
Arizona republican., 1912-09-08
WHY STACYVlLLE HAD NO
 WORSHIP

Well, Imogene," said Mrs. Jeffer son with a comprehensive glance about the parlor and into the dining room of the southern summer cottage, which was beginning to look home like, "how do you like life in the country"
 "Ah laks hit fine" said the dusky cook.
 "The air is delightfully."- cool and pure, sin't it?''
 "Yassum.'
 And the view from the front door down the slope and across the flats to the water is inspiring"
 "Yassum.''
 'I am so glad you like it. Imogene. The cottagers tell me that they find it almost impossible to keep help here"
 "Yassum. An doan' mind bein' way i'm de city"
 No, of course you don't"
 Nom, Ah doan', kase An ain gwine stay away Ans gwine quit" "Oh, Imogene." "Yassum."
 After all I have done for you!" "Yassum." But why, Imogene?" "Ah wants tuh be wheah An kin atten' chu'ch." "Is that all?" "Yassum, da's all" And you would stay if you could attend church?'' "Yassum' Well, Ben hasn't thing to do in 1 the morning, Imogene, and we have no use for the motor car, so Ben I may drive you to the colored church at Stacyville" 1 Tn de motah car?" 1 Certainly l Me a-settin on de back seat all 'lone?'
 Certainly" Who's gwine get de dinnuh?" | wen let that wait until you re- turn" | "Yassum," said Imogene happily. | Sunday afternoon Mrs. Jefferson | asked: Did you enjoy the services Imogene?"
 "Yassum, An sho did"
 What was the text?" "Twentyfo to fo'teen, an'-yas
 sum-"
 'Twenty-four to fourteen! I don
 believe I quite understand!'
 "Yassum."
 And it is long past the dime hour. Please fix up a little luncl for Mir. Jefferson, Imogene." ''SO you took Imogene to church Ben?" "Sho' did, Miss Jefson." And she liked the sermon?' |t Nom, Wanno sermon." "There was no sermon?" Nom Miss Jefson When we g to de chu'ch de sermon was done al de chu'ch was locked, an we couldn git in, an lii cullud boy tor us da Sistuh Johnson" Who is Sister Johnson?" "She de lady whut keep de keys" 'Well?"
 De lil cullud boy done tors us ds
 Sistuh Johnson was ober to re ba grounds At the ball grounds?" "Yassum. So we drive ober dar."
 What was Sister Johnson doing "She was keepin' sco'.' \ "Oh, Ben!" II "Yassum, Miss Jef'son" ' Where was the minister?' ' He war dar" And wasn't he indignant?" III Nom" How do you know he was not il
 dignant?"
 He was pitchin' on de winnin' sid
 yaSsum "-Kansas Citv Ctar
Arizona republican., 1912-09-08

Virginia. long before the war, when there wasn't "a stick amiss' and hunting was good. They were brothers and their name was Phillips
 Each fall after hog killing time they held family reunion, at which a feast fit for the gods was partaken of in silence, except for the blessing, which always was asked by the eld- est brother They did not believe in much talk or levity. When they spoke it was usually in monosyl- fables. After dinner they would sit around the big log fireplace. tilted
Arizona republican., 1912-09-08

back in split bottom chairs, and smoke their corncob pipes in silence until it was time to go home and do the chores.
 of unusual interest occurred-one of the boys told bear story While sitting around the fire smoking one of the brothers pushed up his sleeve, exposing a badly lacerated arm. The other five gaZed at it in respectful silence for a few moments. Their experience in the mountains told them that their brother had had a hand to-hand fight with bear One of
Arizona republican., 1912-09-08
them opened the ensuing dialogue

them opened the ensuing dialogue with:
 ''Um -mph,-bar?'
 Yea -ah.'
 "Whar?'
 over thar" jerking his thumb back over his shoulder in the direc- tion of Beech Mountain.
 After this bear story of five words they smoked in silence until 1t was time to go home. For months after that reunion they would remark to visiting neighbors that they had powerful fine time at Eben's re- union New York Sun.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-08
LooUAcIOUS PHILLIPS BOYS

There were six stalwart pioneers who settled in Upshur county. West
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

In the Shadow of the Ice Mountains.
sunrise that entices them from their
beds in the small hours Of the morn
~ing-these sights which are so en-
chanting in their loneliness are sur
passed by the coloring Of the noun
famous cumuli that without going a
step out Of your way you may fire.
Quently e at evening in the western
sky.
This thought which has so often
passed through my mind was recalled
by a sentence written by Sir Francis
Younghusband in a book describing
Kashmir: EARLY in September the at
mosphere has been freshened and
cooled by the rains which, though they
fall lightly in the valley itself, r
often heavy in the surrounding noun
tains. The SUI is still powerful in
the daytime and the sky unusually
bright and clear. But the monsoon
will often make c few final efforts.
One such day 1 noted when volumin-
u masses of cloud rolled up behind
the Pr Panjal to a height of twenty
five or thirty thousand feet, their west
ern edges aglow from the setting sun
and showing clear and distinct against
the background of pinky blue sky.
while the great main volume remain
ed dark, heavy and somber. with now
and then a split of lightning flashing
out, and on the far side, away from
the setting sun, threatening tentacles
stretched out across the valley in un-
availing effort to reach the mountains
on the northern side. Under these
mighty monsoon masses v the
great mountains looked dwarfed and
puny. 1t was a great and final effort
Of that stupendous natural phenomen-
on which bears the waters of the In
dian ocean to beat upon the Hima-
laya."
Nothing could give to people who
have never seen a mighty range of
mountains a better idea of their ap-
pearance than the great clouds that
pile themselves just above the distant
landscape. The soft, rounded sum
mits are more beautiful than the sharp
outlines Of the mountain ridges. but
the mountains are SO often yelled in
clouds that the similarity Of effect is
striking and often in the neighbor-
hood Of some great snow covered
range one is uncertain whether it is
the actual heights or the clouds that
n perceives from a distance.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
CLOUDS ARE LIKE SNOW PEAK
sembIe Gigantic Glaciers in
the Alps.

Bernie, observation-disclosures has
Travelled in the western states or in
Europe knows the beauty and under
stands the fascination Of snow noun
tains.
At places like Pau, from which on
a clear day the whole range of the
Pyrenees is visible, or Bern, from
which, when the weather is favorable,
can be seen the glaciers of the giants
among the Overland Alps, at such
places travellers will wait for hours
and even for days for the clouds to lift
in order to see this sight which Is
SO wonderful. Yet / have often OBJ
served at home great white clouds
heaped on the horizon which had the
same majestic beauty as a distant
view Of the Alps, the Pyrenees or the
Rockies. And no one has stopped to
look at them twice or to admire them.
The rosy glow on the Alps at sun
set, to see which people will rel de-
sert their dinners, the pink glow Of
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
KILL OFF THE GRASSH0PPER
Insect Not Looked Upon With Horror
and Fear 1t Was Comparatively
Few Years Ago.
(By F. L.


Concerted action by government
and state authorities has had the eff
feet Of changing the dreaded grass
hopper from a menace which was ma.
tional in scope, to an insect which
while harmful enough in character, Is
no looked upon with the horror and
fear 1t was comparatively few years
ago.
There are many methods Of COM
batting these pests, but three methods
are especially practical In most local.
tiles.
Fall Flowing is considered the most
eff Cient. Plow the eggpods under,
burying some, and breaking open
others so that moisture can get in,
and exposing still others to the at
tacks Of their enemies-birds, shrews,
etc.
The second method is that of pois-
oned bats. Use either poisoned bran
or the Criddle mixture. Poisoned
bran can be used only in situations
where stock and poultry are exclud-
ed. Neither should it be used where
partridge and quail are likely to feed.
1t Is merely bran poisoned with paris
green or arsenic, two pounds of paris
green to 100 of bran, moistened with
water and a little molasses, so that
the bran will just stick together when
taken up with a spoon.
Criddle mixture is horse-manure
mixed with arsenic and slightly salt
ed. 1t is to be distributed about the
fields in small masses. We all know
of the fondness of grasshoppers for
anything containing salt. They will
even roughen fork handles in their
efforts to get at the salt deposited on
them with the p~erspiration. This mix.
ture is recommended in some of the
western states. The proportions are
about as follows: Paris green, one
pound; salt, two pounds; fresh horse
droppings, 100 pounds. The horse
droppings are usually measured out in
a three-gallon pail. Five pailfulls be-
ing taken as the right amount for one
pound of the poison. The salt Is dis
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
GARDEN and
FARM NOTES

The good potato bug dies young.
Oats makes a most nutritious green
food.
1t pays to do right when you arc
blowing corn.
Oats, peas and barley are sometimes
sown together.
Corn should not be planted until the
ground is warm and dry.
Leave no long nails sticking up out
OF fallen rails or posts in the pasture
Corn planted in mellow soil will
terminate and make a strong, healthy
growth.
Deep cultivation cuts off the side
roots of the corn, and destroys a part
of the crop.
Nearly every careful farmer has that
variety of corn best suited for his soil
and climate.
Two ounces of corrosive sublimate
to 16 gallons Of water makes a solu-
ton that kills potato scab.
No use to treat potatoes for scab II
they are to be planted in ground in
which scabby potatoes grew last year.
Plant the first row or two Of space
along the fence in the cornfelds ad.
Joining the pasture lands to potatoes.
Use slaked lime for the striped
squash or cucumber bug. An early
vine makes a trap to catch the first
ones.
Corn that yields well in one locality
will often make an entire failure in
another locality where conditions are
different.
The keynote Of succe in corn
growing is frequent shallow cultiya.
tons rather than occasional deep cul.
ti~vations.
For corn. cabbage and tomatoes.
plow down clover sod or clover and
grass sod. Harrow and roll until fine
and very mellow.
Land plaster Is an excellent absor.
bent to use in the cutters and its
use increases the value of the manur
to a large extent.
Sweet clover Is rapidly growing into
popularity. Is is one of the best crops
that can be raised and It is adapted
to a wide variety Of soils
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
WET CHEMICALS FOR FUEL
Inventor Thinks He Has Found Sub.
stitute for CoaI-Liquid Used to
Heat Boiler.

Darby. Pa.-After working on the
principle for a long time, George
Smith. a we'll known hot water heater
expert, believes he has perfected a
compound that will do away with coal
as a medium for heat.
Smiths invention, which he says
will heat a house at a temperature Of
20 degrees in winter and maintain it
at that in the coolest winter weather,
is an elaboration Of the principle Of
heat generation in water by chemical
combustion.
The best units generated play on a
wrought iron boiler, instead of cast
iron, and thus have the advantage Of
heating water quicker, because this
metal is not as thick and yet it Is
stronger than cast iron. Once the wa
ter is heated to a certain point it be-
gins to circulate through the pipes.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
HOW GIRLS
N May AVOID
j PERIODIC PAINS
The Experience of Two Girls
Here Related For The
Benefit of Others.

Rochester, N. Y.-"I have a daugh-
Ger ID years old who has always been
very healthy until recently when she
complained Of dizziness and cramps every
month, so bad that / would have to keep
her home from school and put her to bed
to get relief.
"After giving her only two bottles Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound she is now enjoying the best Of
health. ! cannot praise your Compound
too highly. l want every good mother
20 read what your medicine has done for
my child. Mrs. RICHARD N. DUNHAM,
BIZ Exchange St., Rochester, NY.
Stoutsville, Ohio. 81 suffered from
headaches, backache and was very irreg-
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
WELL POSTED.
A California Doctor With Forty Years
Experience.

Tn my forty years experience as q
gienic lines" says a Los Angeles
physician, Il have never found a food
to compare with Grape-Nuts for the
benefit Of the general health Of all
classes Of people.
Il have recommended Grape-Nuts
for a number of years to patients with
the greatest success and every years
experience makes me more enthusiasts
tic regarding it's use.
Il make 1t a rule to always recon-
mend Grape-Nuts, and Postum in place
OF coffee, when giving my patients in
structions as to diet, for I know both
Grape-Nuts and Postum can be digest
ed by anyone.
"As for myself, when engaged in
much mental work my diet twice a
day consistA Of Grape-Nuts and rich
cream. / find 1t just the thing to
build up gray matter and keep the
brain in good working order.
Elm addition to its wonderful effects
as a brain and nenye food Grape-Nuts
always keeps the digestive organs in
perfect. healthy tone. I carry 1t with
me when l travel. otherwise / am al
most certain to have trouble with my
stomach" Name given by Postum Co..
Battle Creek, Mich.
Strong endorsements like the above
from physicians all ove the country
have stamped Grape-Nuts the most
scientific food In the world. There's
q reason"
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, "The Road to MELVILLE"
Ever read the above letters A new
one appears from time to time. They
Interest.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
HARROW CART EASILY MADE
Put Together by Using Frame and
Wheels of Old WORKOUT Cultiva-
tor-HoW to Work II,

This harrow cart is easily put to-
gether, light of draft, and the height
of the seat enables the driver to get
up out of the dust. 1t is made of the
frame and wheels of an old worn out
cultiyator and the tongue is a piece
of 2 by 4, 10 feet long. Bolt the
tongue to the arch IL inches from the
end and 3 inches from the end bolt
on a seat. Braces from the axles are
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY,

This IL the age Of research and experiment. when IN
ns:ure, 80 to speak, Is ransaosed by tho scientific Toe
deed made giant strides during the past century, ana
among the-by no means least imporant-dis
coveries In medicine comes that Of Thera pion. which
has. we understand. been used with great success in
the French Hospitals and that 10 10 worthy the attsn-
nervous diseases chronic weAsnesses, ulcers, skia
;o cns. ,S sRIec n : TIT that LnEaAr,0N 1. destined
that were formerly the sole reliance Of medical men,
~ 70 OF course impossible to tell suferers 81 we should
hse to tell them In this short Article, but those who
are Interested and would Ike II. know more about this
remedy that has effected 30 nAny-we might aimoSS
envelope for FREE book 70 rr. L. Clero Med. Co,
hAverstock Road, Hampstead, london, Eng, and decide
"THGRAPION," IL what hey require and whie4
they may have been seeking ii vain during . life oe
untold misery. suffering. III health and unhApptnsn.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

thanks for what Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has done for me.
/ had taken other medicines but did not
find relief. Miss CORA B. FOsNAUGN,
Stoutsville, Ohio, RID, No. l.
Hundreds of such letters from moth
ers expressing their gratitude for what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has accomplished for their daugh-
ters have been received by the Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Company, Lynn, Mass.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
Latest In Harrow Carts.

bolted to the tongue 30 inches for
ward on the arch, writes F. r. Machin
of Russell, Kan, in the Farmers
Mail and Breeze. Put a clevis in the
front end of the tongue and connect
this by means of a ring to the clevis
on the evener In using a 3-section
harrow remove the center adjusting
lever.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
w. N. w., SIOUX FALLS, NO. 24-1s12.
What She Wants.

81 want you to build me a fashion
able home"
Have you any special ideas as to
the style of house you want?" asked
the architect.
mot exactly. / want n Of those
modern places. You know the kind I
mean-one with a living room too big
to keep warm, and a kitchen too small
to cook in."-Detroit Free Press.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
Degeneration of Potatoes.

One reason why potatoes have de,
generated In the past is that the DO.
tato growers Of the United States have
planted their culls and screenings un.
der the erroneous impression that such
methods in seed selection would pro.
duce as good results as any other.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

ground and use plenty of fertilizer.
Plow or spade deep and when ready
to set out the plants mark off in rows
two feet one way and four feet the
other. After the ground is marked
off, set stakes or small poles not less
than five feet high for each plant.
In choosing the plants do not Sc
lect tree tomatoes, as they are not
prolific, but pick out some good,
smooth, meaty variety. Set the plant
on the south side of the stake, about
four inches from it, and train same
to stake as it grows, tying with binder
Irvine or cloth strings, which are pre-
ferable. Many times when the vines
are very rank two branches will start
to grow from the top, but clip n off
allowing only n to grow to a
height of five feet, then clip the tops,
and keep them clipped, which will
hasten the ripening, and convert all
the strength Of the vine into fruit.
When the plants are eight or 10
inches high, little runners or shoots
will appear in the forks. Here is
where the whole secret lies. These
runners sap the main vine and turn
all the strength into vines instead of
tomatoes. When they appear pinch
them off and allow only one main vine
to grow. The fruit buds or blossoms
will also appear in the same fork, but
&c not disturb them. Keep clipping
out the runners every time you find
any OF when you cultivate them. The
fruit will be nice, early, clean, handy
to pick, and as shown by the picture,
a great improvement over the old
u;ou
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
FARM |
AND
GARDEN
TRAIN TOMATOES TO STAKES
Secret Of Growing First Glass Crop
ExpIaIned-SeIect Good Ground
and Use Fertilizer.

The secret of growing first class
tomatoes may be explained in a few
words. This method Of cu~ltivating to-
matoes does away with all the un-
certainties and assures a good crop,
writes c. P. Bowesley in the Farm
and Home. Select a good piece Of
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
Selling Farm PiecemeaI.

The man who puts all his depend
ence on growing wheat or any other
indigenous crop, and who sells that
crop of to be shipped out of the coun-
try, and keeps that up. is simply TAX
ing his farm fertility out piecemeal
and sending it by fast freight to the
ends OF the earth, never to come back
again
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

Montcla'-, N. AT the closing ses-
sion Of the New Jersey State Fedora
ton Of Woman's Clubs here Mrs.
Florence Howe Hall. n OF the dele
gates. a daughter of the late Julia
Ward Howe. objected to the use of
the term middle class by Mrs. Seth
Abrams, another delegate. in referring
to the need for Fairgrounds in cities.
ut is a term copied from an English
aristocracy." said Mrs. Hall. land we
do not want It. We are a democracy.
We have no middle class We all
belong to the first class"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14

ular. A friend ad-
vised me to t a g
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetabl Com
pound, and before l
had taken the whole
of two bottles l
found relief. / am
only sixteen years
old, but l have bet
ter health than for
two or three a
I cannot pYDracc INV
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-14
Destined for Many Trips.

Il have written a short story" said
the amateur literary person. What
is the first step to take in selling it?"
Buy ten dollars worth Of stamps"
advised the old hand at the business.