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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27
How Mad She Was.

The limit of forgiveness was surely
reached by the woman who, after re-
ceiving 20 gashes from a Ratchet and
having two ribs broken, refuses TO
prosecute her husband, and asks:
What is the use Of starting up a lot
of trouble?" Perhaps ii is as much
dependence as forgiveness. In Lon
don, where w~ife-beating is a ~favorite
sport Of the slums, the police find the
greatest difficulty in bringing the of
tenders to book because women have
to choose between denying that they
were ill-used or starving while their
brute husbands are in Jail. One WON
an was brought into court all bruised
and beaten up, but she denied that her
husband had done it and pleaded that
she had fallen downstairs. But" said
the judge, "a piece Of your "a has
been bitten off" Yes, | did that my
self; / was so mad."-San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27
QUICKSILVER BAD ON TEETH
Fumes Of Mercury Produce Salvation
and Miners Seldom Live More
Than Two Years.

Quicksilver miners follow the most
unhealthy trade in the world. The
fumes of the mercury produce con
slant salvation, and the system be-
comes permeated with the metal; the
teeth of the unfortunate men drop out.
they lose their appetite, become ema-
ciated and, as a rule, seldom live long
er than two years.
Chloride of lime. employed by
bleachers, frequently destroys the
enamel and dentine Of the teeth. But
phosphorus, used so largely in the
manufacture Of lucifer matches, af-
fects a very large number Of persons,
women, girls and children greatly pre-
p~onderating.
People who work in soda factories
are affected by the teeth becoming
soft and translucent; they break off
close to the gums.
DR.. Hesse Of Leipsic states that ba-
kers are likely to suffer from ~decayed
teeth on account of the -four entering
the mouth during work collecting on
and around the teeth, where 1t decom-
poses and generates an acid destruc-
tive to dentine.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27
Wireless Lighthouse Stations.

We have the horseless carriage,
wireless telegraph, smokeless powder.
etc, and now we are having the light
less lighthouse. Should the wireless
lighthouse stations installed at Brest.
France, which automatically send out
warning messages to ships every few
seconds without the help Of man.
prove a success, as they are report
ed to be, it will mean hat the old
system Of lights, bells, horns and 9TH
err danger warnings at sea will be rem
dered unnecessary. The lighthouse In
each case would act as an aerial mast
BY a simple clockwork arrangement,
which only needs attention once a
week or SO, distinctive messages are
sent out by each station every few
seconds. One set Of signals are sen
out by each station every few seconds.
One set of signals are sent out every
ten seconds and another set every 30
seconds, SO that ships may positively
identify the lighthouse that is talk
ing."-Pathfinder.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27
Red Tape in France.

A curious little monument to French
red tape is to be seer at the Petit
Palais. The clock in the building has
marked the same hour for the last
13 years, although it is in perfect re-
pair, The explanation borders on the
ridiculous.
At the close of the Paris exhibition
13 years ago a busybody of an Of
fetal stopped the clock for no other
reason than that the exhibition was
closing its gates. Since then it has
remained stationary. for the simple
reason that it does not appear on the
list Of clocks which the official clock
winder to the municipal council has to
attend to, and until some particularly
energetic member OF the council at
tends TO the matter the present state
of affairs is likely to continue.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27
VALUE OF EXPERIMENT STA
TONS TO FEEDERS.
BY GLENN n. COLE,
Student, State College, Brookings.

In almost all cases the value of ex-
pertinent stations to feeders varies in
directly as the amount of use to which
the feeder puts the experiment sta
ton reports. The reason for using
the term almost all cases" is that
there are a considerable number of
feeders who are restricted in their
efforts by circumstances over which
they have no control. An example OF
this is the case of the farmer who is
so restricted by a lack of education
as TO be unable to interpret properly
the reports of experiment stations.
Again one may not Dc in a position TO
make the investment which a bulletin
may recommend. There is also the
example of those men who are term
ed natural born feeders" These
men will profit considerably from ex-
pertinent station work, although per-
haps not as much accordingly as some
others.
II is for the rank and file Of feeders
that experiment stations are of most
value. We may assume these people
to be intelligent, competent, and to
have already made some success at
stock feeding, else they would not re-
main in the business. To these CO.
pie the experiment stations are a
boon, for should a question arise az
to a certain food, method of feeding.
etc, it is merely necessary TO send for
the appropriate bulletin and there OBJ
tain authentic information. In this
way a feeder may settle to his salts
faction and profit some important
question which il would otherwise
cost him much time and money to de-
termine. Also if the feeder reads
much he will be able 10 CLEAN informa-
ton from the station reports on sub
jects of which he had scarcely
thought. He will find that much la
Dor and money have been expended
in threshing IA and exploding many
old theories that he had long consid-
cred as axioms.
The manner In which the reports
are now gotten out does not seem TO
leave anything to be desired. The
bulletins are so plentifully supplied
with tables, charts, plotted curves,
comparisons and cuts that it would
seem that anyone of average intelli-
gence should be able to use the re-
suits. Experiment. station work, as
compared. with ON other research
work, has the merit OF being practical
rather than theoretical. AS feeders
this makes a very happy state of af-
fairs. Therefore we be!jeye that the
value or the experiment station TO
he feede. will increase from year to
ear.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27
RINGWORM ON CHlLD'S FACE

Stratford, 1owa.-Three years ago
this winter my seven-yearOld son had
ringworm on the face. First 1t was in
small red spots which had a rough
crust on the top. When they started
they looked like little red dots and
then they got bigger, about the size
of a birds egg. They had a white
rough ring around them, and grew
continually worse and soon spread
over his face and legs. The child suf.
fered terrible itching and burning, so
that he could not sleep nights. He
scratched them and they looked fear.
full. He was cross when he had them.
We used several bottles Of liniment,
but nothing helped.
II saw where a child had a rash on
the face and was cured by Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and | decided to
use them. l used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment about one month, and they
cured my child completely" (Signed)
Mrs. Barbara Prim, Jan. 80, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. l., Boston"
Adv
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27
PAPER NO. 2.
Sinking Smut or Bunt of Wheat.

The sinking smut attacks only the
inside of the wheat kernel, converting
it into a mass of spores. The spores
are held inside the grain by the outer
covering of the wheat kernel. The
spores are not released until this ov-
ering is broken, by handling. The
chaff is not affected and the smut is
not readily noticed until the wheat is
we'll headed or nearly mature. The
chaff of smutted heads usually
spreads more than in healthy heads,
and sometimes is of a darker color.
The heads of an infected plant, also
usually stand more upright due TO
their light weight. Usually all the
heads Of a plant are infected, IS is
also each kernel in the head. A smut
ted kernei pressed between the fin
gers breaks readily and releases the
mass of spores. The name, sinking
smut" comes from the strong fishy
odor which can often be detected in
the field. In handling wheat infected
with this smut the strong odor can be
noted.
According to Freeman and Stakman
bulletin 122 u. Of Mimi, there is
not much danger OF infection by stink
ing smut spores that are in the soil.
-ra~ sYC1rg
which adhere to the outside of the
wheat grain. The spores must be in
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27

contact with the grain when planted "
Sinking smut of wheat should be
clearly distinguished from loose smu
OF wheat, the reasons for this will BIO
noted below.
Life History of Sinking Smut Of
Wheat.
When the wheat is planted the smut
spores adhere to the outside of the
kernel. The spores terminate about
the same time as the wheat. The
smut plant enters the wheat seeding
and continues to grow and feed on the
tissues OF the wheat plant. When
the wheat heads out and natures the
tiny smut threads have entered the
wheat kernel and filled its contents
with a mass of spores. In handling
the grain these smut balls or masses
are broken and the spores again get
onto healthy grains, which may pro-
duce smut again the mex season, un-
less the grain is treated.
This disease may be carried by
threshing machines. Unless thorough
ly cleaned a machine that has just
threshed a field of smutty grain can
carry spores to the grain of the next
farm, which may not contain the
smut. Seed covered with smut spores
will be sure to produce smutty grain
the next season, unless treated to Kill
the spores. Clean seed must be kept
clean. 1t should not be put in smutty
sacks or bins nor the crop threshed
with a dirty separator nor planted
with q dirty seeder.
Treatment for Sinking Smut of
Wheat.
Since the formalin or formaldehyde
treatment is the most practical and
the One 10Y more commonly used for
sinking smut of wheat. loose smut of
oats and covered smut of barley. no
other methods will be discussed in
this article.
Many varieties of the formalin
treatment may be used to meet the re-
quirements of the operator.
All the smut balls must be removed
from the seed grain. Some of these
lidcSto YAH We IciIONtu NIIh tHt IAN
ming mill. or before the grain is treat
ed with the formalin solution the smut
balls can be removed with water.
Take a barrel or tank filled with wa
ter and dump the grain into it. Keep
the grain we'll stirred and as the smut
balls arise to the surface they can
be skinned off. The same result can
be obtained if the grain is put direct
ly into the formalin solution. Special
smut machines are also on the market
that will perform both operations at
once. The smut balls should be burn
ed to avoid further contamination.
These smut balls must be removed
since the solution cannot penetrate
to the center of the mass to kill the
spores. 1t is the spores on the out
side of the grain that the solution can
kill.
The operation of treatment may be
either by dipping the grain in a solu-
ton Of formalin or by sprinkling with
a like solution.
mr.. Sarvis will continue this valua-
bic discussion in an early issue of
this paper. No farmer can afford TO
overlook this valuable series of papers
on the treatment of smuts.-Ed.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27
Found Rino in Birds Nest.

Joe Cannon, deputy auditor Of Har
din county, o., has found his ring. He
lost it in the courthouse yard. but dill
gent search was futile. Janitor Yost
was cleaning birds nests out OF the
caves OF the building recently and
nests.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27
Estimating II.

81 hope | haven't kept you waiting
too long" gushed the girl only
about three dollars worth" estimated
the young man with the taxicab out
side.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Chilc1e1
t%eething, ~softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
Uon, allays pain, cures wind colo ,25c a bottle.AaH
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27

The people who complain that life
isn't worth living are the very ones
who do nothing to make 1t so.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27
Ready TO Be Oished.

why do they talk about laying bills
on the table," Because they mean
to dish them"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27

Some men are living %refutations OF
the existence OF a fool killed.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27
~. LAG ,eg 1-;tn5,yofunx

"A trolley car js easier TO dodge
than an automobile" "Of cours il is.
A trolley car can't follow you around"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27

The fellow who can lie with q
straight face is generally crooked.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27

Rain and sun are good grass grow
ers.
Provide a lot for the COW to Craze
IN at night.
The cost of producing hogs is prin-
cipally feed.
A dirty cream separator never does
efficient Swimming.
Throw open the barn doors and
Keep the building dry.
The amount of silage a calf con
Bumes varies a great deal.
Let US plant trees, but plant just
what we can do full justice TO.
Sifted coal ashes are not fertilizers,
but they are good soil lighteners.
Cows suffering from tuberculosis are
apt TO look emaciated and rundown.
A bolster spring for the farm wagon
should be available on every farm.
Use fine, uniform salt in making
butter, especially for private trade.
The American lens produce
ally eggs valued at over $4,000, 900.
A sanitary condition is a better
preventive Of disease than is drugs.
What sort ST scheme have you for
Keeping milk and cream cool in sum
mer?
You can usually depend upon the
hardness of fowls that feather
slowly.
OF all animals on the farm sheep are
among the most economical meat pro
ducers.
The dairy sire is half the herd.
whether he is a scrub or the best of
pure-breds.
ANY sudden change in the Calls diet
is likely to start trouble, The change
should be gradual.
Grit, charcoal and ~granulated bone
should always be mixed with the
young chicks feed.
Having the churn too full Of cream
will make the butter slow in coming
Half full is enough.
The surest test Of the value of a
feed is in the result obtained from
the COWS to which it is fed.
The "pot-bellied' calf is the product
OF irregular meals, milk of all tempera-
lures and over or undertaking.
Law aside and pillow a good rich strip
of land, near the house, for a garden
and fruit plantation. 1t will pay.
Ducks kept entirely on land must
have deep drinking vessels, so they
can get their heads under water.
Experjments show it costs four
ximes as much to raise a calf On whole
milk AS It does on a skim-milk diet
It is best to salt the morning mash,
but not more than one ounce for one
hundred head of stock should be used.
Young pigs will begin eating sold
food very early in life If given a
chance. 1t is good policy to give them
"a nance.
There is no danger of corn silage
causing dairy cattle to have tuberculo-
sis or producing a tendency toward
that disease.
II fowls are TO do their best they
positively must have clean, cool drink
ing water. Keep it in clean fountains
in the shade.
Give the chicks as much range as
rpossible, even If you have TO limit
that OF the old fowls. Exercise is a
means of development.
In building barns for cows don't neg
lect. when drawing the plans, to ar
range for plenty Of light and sunshine,
as we'll as for ample ventilation.
Don't be irregular about the milking
time: have a definite hour in the morn
ing and a definite hour at nlght, n
milk at these appointed times.
When he fowl acts dumpish. has
a poor appetite. and seems generally
ont OF sorts, 1t is best to pen 1t alone
COR a few lays and give a good phys
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27

Alfalfa balances the corn ration.
No two colonies of bees are alike.
Alfalfa sod grows larger corn crops.
Manure spreaders are always in
style.
Watch the cows carefully at calv-
ing time.
Do not plant poor, diseased or In
ferior seed.
Never buy a scrub chicken nor set
a scrub egg.
Cowpeas and soy beans make good
green
Corn and filth are frequent causes
of hog cholera.
Alfalfa fills the hay NOW and pays
for the privilege.
The weather has a lot of influence
with the hay crop.
Alfalfa is the cheapest and best
feed for beef cattle.
Alfalfa is the agricultural wonder OF
the twentieth century.
Alfalfa insures larger yields from
the crops that follow.
Alfalfa contains more protein per
ton than clover or corn.
To get desired results the brood
SOW must not be constipated.
The currant worms finish feeding
on the leaves in about six weeks.
AS a general rule, potatoes shout
be planted on fresh ground each year.
Rhubarb is one OF the standard gar
den crops in the vicinity Of large
cities.
Be careful hat you plant only seeds
that have been tested and are proved
fertile.
Glover is a natural restrictive.
Rotate with clover at every oppor-
tunity.
The widest colts often make the
best horses If properly broken and
trained.
Long. straight rows will make easter
work with the horse cultivator or
wheel hoe later on.
In fruit orchards TIE most destruc-
tive false c%aterpiller is the pear
slug or cherry slug.
Rotation OF crops in the garden has
the same arguments favoring 1t as
rotation in farm crops.
You must help the hog lift by Civ
ing him good care and feed, If he is
to be a mortgage litter.
A plot Of ground 40x60 will supply
a family Of Ave or six with all the
vegetables they can eat.
A1p.Ie. tI.N 4, @0D 4h{N yhA
ground will become weedy, and grow
coarse and woody in fiber.
The currant worms cast their skins
or mott about once a week. getting
considerably larger each time.
Asparagus is a hardy plant. 1t does
not need a winter mulch TO keep 1t
from being killed by freezing.
For very young calves it is better to
feed them oatmeal. that is, ground
oats with the bulls sifted out.
Beans will grow in a variety of soils
but IL is a mistake TO think that a soil
cannot get too poor to raise beans.
Protein that is grown upon the farm
is often more valuable than that which
is purchased in concentrated form
and it is also cheaper.
If it were not for lice, poultry rails
ing would be an easy matter. At the
same time it is not difficult to rid the
henhouse of this pest.
Did you ever think how much
ground a good ear Of corr will plant?
1t is just that much ground wasted
If you plant a poor ar.
For the first two weeks give young
chicks all they will eat. Afterward.
require them to clean up what you
give them before ~nightfall.
The application of business methods
to farm management will do more
--L.-- " - -
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27

The poultry business has been spok-
en- of as a set-rich-quick scheme but
the people wrU hgr'g~Sac-~cus~-csrr
testify that this has not always been
the truth.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27

II is not at all necessary TO stop
.grasr growing because twenty TO
forty hogs are kept on the place. Hogs
fit in well with grain growing.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27

The first great lesson for a farmer
to learn is that it costs less to grow
rs bushels OF corr on one acre than
It does to grow it on three.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-18
SO HAPPY SHE is
ALMOST MISERABLE
Floretta Whaley Rejoices That
Soon She May Wed Pastor
With Whom She Eloped

lopeclal to The Times Dispatc CHI 4 "a
New York, April 17.--'rm so happy
that I'm almost miserable When 4
think of the delight that Is to come
TO us after spending six years as want
derfng. bounded outcasts my 10Y fair
~ chokes me-" said Floretta Whaley
to-day In referring to tho divorce suit;
tiled by Mrs Malinda Clarke Cooke.
wife of the man with whom Miss
Whaley eloped to California in 1907.
Fioretta Whaley was seventeeni
when she eloped with Cooke, then rec-s
tor OF st. Georges Church, Hempstead,,
l.. I. Since that time she has become
the mother of two children, Paul aged
five, and Chester. aged three. Cooke
mas been working as painter and
paperhanger to support his family In
their wanderings from coast to coast.
Now that Mr.. Cookies wife has con-
scented to get DIVORCE" continued Miss
Whaley. we can be married and our
little boys will soon have a name This
| is the only thing that is needed to
complete our happiness"
AT her home in Hartford, Mrs. Ma
| linda Cooke said she had arrived at
the decision to apply for divorce
only after deep thought. II waited UNI,
I'll my fathers DEATH" she said. but,
II was not to seek my own freedom.
MY reason was to give Jere Cooke. g.
innocent babies a name and thett'
mother the right to call herself his
wife"
Mrs. Cooke denied that any motive,
OF revenge had led her to delay bring
ing the divorce action. 1t was init
mated to-day that the suit was begun
TO guard against Cookies coming into
possession of his wIfe's estate In the
event OF her sudden death
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-18
Manchu Dynasty in Temporary
Retirement So That Nation May
Have New Opportunity.
BY La MARauIsE DE roNrENoY.

BY LA MARoUISE DE FONTENOY.
the great powers of Europe have
deiayed so long in according rccog-
milton to the Chinese republic,
which was proclaimed fourteen months
ago. at Peking. It Is because. in the
eyes Of Chinese law and in the esti-
nation OF public opinion among all
the 4oo,0o0.ooo population. the imper-
ial Manchu, dynasty has merely gone
into temporary retirement. so that the
nation may have an opportunity of at
tempting to govern itself.
Most republics are the creation OF
the people. Tho republic OF China
differs from all others In that II Is n
creation OF the imperial throne. hav-
Ing been brought into existence by
means of q proclamation bearing the
signature OF the late Dowager EN-
press Lun-Yu, who. at the Same time.
appointed Yuan Shi-Kai ut that time
the Prime Minister. to organize the
new republic.
Yuan Shi-Ka al has been until now the
provisional President OF the republic,
but his position Is very shaky. IT Is
seriously menaced by the very able
Prince Kung, and were the latter to
recover control OF the Imperial
Guards, numbering 10000 men, AS we'll
as the police and gendarmeric. who
are almost wholly Manchu. admirably
disciplined and armed, 1t is quite pos
sible that there may be a monarchicaI
restoration at an early day. and that
the imperial dynasty may resume
sovereign power, on the ground that
the nation has shown during the past
year that 1t is as yet untitled for self
government and that the experiment
authorized by the late Empress. in
her proclamation and edict OF Febru-
airy a year ago. has not proved a sue
cess. mis- Is especially likely to be
the case In the event OF parliamcnta
dissensions, ending In fierce disorders.
which are predicted by many OF the
Oldest and most experienced foreigners
making their home in China
Meanwhile, no system OF guardian
ship has as yet been arranged since
the death of the widowed Empress,
for the care and protection OF the boy
Emperor Pu-Yi. although by the Nan
king agreement between the late En-
press and YuanS hiKai. the republic
specifically undertook to protect the
honor and dignity and to provide for
the welfare of the boy monarch asd
OF the sovereign house.
From all this 1t may be gathered
that sufficient confusion in official cir
cles and unrest among all classes OF