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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20

The sounding of the keynote is beconi-
ing Colonel Roosevelt's almost daily duty
lie sounds it sometimes in speeches an
sometimes on paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20
Ex-Governor Conner Heads Canvass


'"rhe authorities having in charge the
work of raising the quarter of a mill
lion dollars for Birmingham college are
by no means idle, and the work is pro-
crossing with every indication of ultimate
success" said the Rev ]. B. Cumming,
financial agent of the college.
''Up to this time $4,000 has been sub
scribed, and the central campaign COM
mittee of the Birmingham district, of
which Bishop Mccoy is chairman and DR..
J. f. Ellis secretary, and about 40 other
representative Methodlsts are members,
has resolved to raise this sum to at least
s15O,O0O from among the Methodists of
the Birmingham district.
There is to be a mass meeting of the
ministers and officers of the various
Methodist churches of the city at the First
Methodist church on Thursday night,
March 27, at s o'clock Addresses will
be made by Bishop Mccoy, former Gov
ernor Conner and other prominent gentle
men. Great preparations are being made
for this get-together meeting of the Off
cias of the churches in the district of
which there are over 400. No collection
will be taken at this meeting, it only being
desired to get these officials together to
consult about the movement. Mr.. j. e.
Taylor is the chairman of the committee
on refreshments. He will be assisted by
| Mr. j. f. Ramsey and a number of ladies
| from the First Methodist Sunday school.
| The occasion promises to be one of great
| interest to the Methodist people of the
city.
| "As is well known, this campaign Is
| to eliminate during the week of April
| 20 to 27 in a personal canvass of all the
| Methodists of the city in behalf of this
institution. This work is to be done by
80 different teams, each to consist of at
| least six eanvassers with strong man
as captain.
| "Ex-Gov. Conner has consented to take
general charge of this canvass, and throw
all of his immense influence to making
! it success. This means much for the
movement. Indeed, it shows how vitally
interested are our people when man so
bus as Mr.. Conner is willing in ad
diton to the fine subscription which he
has already personally made, to give his
time and throw himself into the move
ment Announcement of the 80 team cap
| tains will be given to the press later"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20
HIS FINISH.

I'VE suppose it was Golden Rule koh-
Ter who put the Eve into Cleveland
says the Houston Post. Possibly SO. In
the light of later Developments however,
there is no doubt of the fact that Eve lie
the person who tied the can to Kohler.
OBSERvANT DOCTOR.
did the doctor diagnose your case?"
Yes"
How long did it taSe?9
Not long. wore my shabbiest suit"
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-20

THAT depends on where you ind it.
picked a four-leaf clover enee ON a lawn
where there was bulldog"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-11

Richard Lghtnut. an American with an
affected English accent, receives a pres
ent from a friend in China. The present
proves TO be a pair Of pajamas. a letter
bints Of surprise 10 the wearer. Lightnut
hons the pa1amas and late at night gets
np FOR a smoke. His servant. Jenkins,
comes in and. falling TO recognize Light
put. attempts TO put him out. Thinking
She servant crazy. Lightnut changes his
fiothes intending TO summon help. When
pc rehppears Jenkins falls on his neck
that he is crazy. Jenkins tells Lightnut OF
The encounter he had with a hideous
Ehinaman dressed In patamas. In a
sneHsage from his friend, Jack Billings,
Eghtnut 10 asked 10 put up the kid
For the night on his wa home from coll
lege. Later Lightnut fnds a beautiful
virl in black paJamas In his room. Light
nut 10 shocked by the girls drinking.
Pmokins and slangy talk. She tells him
her name 10 Francis and puzzles him
with a story OF her love for her sisters
room mate. named Frances. Next morn
tng the girl is missing and Lightnut hur-
ftes 10 the boat TO see Ter of. He Is &C
posted by a husky college boy. who calls
him "Dicky." but he does not see the
night with Lishtnut They, discover
priceless rubies hidden In the buttons Of
khe paJamas. Billings dons the pajamas
nnd %retires. Lghtnut later discovers
In his apartment a beefy person In NUT
ton.chop whiskers and wearing pajamas
Jenkins calls tho police. who declare the
Intruder to be q criminal. called Foxy
Grandpa" The Intruder declares he 10
Exhtnuts guest and appeals to the lat
ker In vain. He 10 hustled of 10 jail
u the morning Lghtnut is astonlshed 20
. Billings gone, and more astonished
when he gets q message from the latter.
demanding his clothes. Lightnut; bound
Rur Terrytown. Billings home, discovers
Frances" the girl OF the pajamas. on
she train. Lightnut speaks TO her and al
fudes TO the night before. She declares
Indignantly that Lightnut never saw her
in black pajamas. At Tarrytown Frances
~ met by a hasky college youth. who
halls Lghtnut AZ "Dicky." The latter ig-
norss the boy. who then threatens no
thrash him for offending Frances. Light
nut takes tho next train home. Billings
storms over the outrage OF his arrest. He
and Lightnut discover mysterious Chi
hese characters on the pajamas. Profess
Dor Doozenbcrry 10 called In to interpret
khe hieroglyphics. He raves over what he
writing declares that a person wearing
the BAHAMAS will take on the semblance
pf The previous wearer. The professor
bo7rows the paJamas for experiment
the professors room and Is taken home
In an automobile with Frances and a wo-
man Lghtnut calls 1.-THE trump" Light
nut IL ansersd TX the frumP,s SANDER
khken to his room. A servant tells Light
nut that a message has just been re-
nsived stating that Billings was under ar
rest in New York for stealing a suit OF
black pajamas. Judge Billings astonishes
hightnut with q tale of Francis esca-
10 Frances" The Judge declares that
not another living person would taokle
Ehe Job. and LAghtnut. his mind occupied
with the beautiful Fences; is greatly
black paJamas and Lightnut sends thsm
10 Billings rooms.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-11

doing all sorts OF rum places no n
else ever thinks OF don't you know.
And as for a bench! Well. 1t was
Ike her, In her innocence Of the
world, not to know how downright
vulgar that would be. had seen
couples sitting evenings in the park
and / knew!
But I answered t%actfully:
Il don't mean those places so much.
don't you know think We can find
lots jollier and better nights else
where" And | closed my free eye
and beamed at her through my glass.
Don't have to go S o far. you knows
under ones own roof, or-er-some
one else's roof, for i~nstance-why not
here?" | Ierked my head toward the
old stone pile behind us.
"Oh!"-her eyebrows lifted at me
$50 you've thought Of that, tooT-
she nodded gravely-"you mea In
the library there?"
| winked assent.
The library suited me all right!
Just now" she said IN an oddly
sobered voice, 81 looked In NJ /
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-11

varieties mentioned all seemed to be
doing we'll.
On the West Farm" these varie-
ties are growing in larger plots under
field conditions and ere making salts
factory results.
Alfalfa has been growing a long
time at Bookings. Anybody is well
com to see it. Anybody can send
for a copy of Bulletin 1873, which tells
about yields of alfalfa Of five years
standing.
Sweet Clover.
One Granger asked about the pre-
valence of sweet clover along the road
side. He said it was a weed. A
weed is a plant out of place. In fact
sweet clover is being utilized as a
legume crop by the Experiment sta
ton. The visitors saw two acre fields
of it. One of these fields last year
was cut for hay and made about three
tons of air dry hay per acre. The
agronomy department turned over this
may To the Department vi ANNA HIS
bandry to feed lambs.
You can find that this sweet clover
made good roughage for lambs If you
read Bulletin 144, entitled "Roughage
for FatteDing Lambs by James w.
Wilson. The seed for the sweet clover
hay used in the experiment was har-
vested by the agronomy department
from the road side near Brookings.
it is, therefore, the same plant which
in some instances is considered a
weed.
BY A. n. HUME,
A~gronomist.
South Dakota State College.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-11

Had almost forgotten the DASHED
windows-and the two cats thai
might be looking out!
| murmured some jolly apology
adding:
"Oh, yes-quite 80; certainly!
mean-eh, what?"
She was smiling, her rose- petal liz
dragging through her teeth.
The bobby you know, Just now
she nodded toward the ~porte-cochere
II was positive he had come TO dras
you away to your loathsome dungeon
And when he retired. l was-oh. so re
lieved!" And she clasped her hands
her eyes lifting upward.
"Oh, | say nowhere you. though"
| grinned delightedly and slipping to
a rustic chair beside her. lookec bel
aRectionately In the eye. For al her
air OF chatting, | knew that under IL
was a current OF anxiety for me-the
darlingl
| screwed my glass at her tenderly.
What would you have done?" !
said softly. ~ he had-er-lugged me
OF. you know"
Can you ask" What a reproachful
side-glance she shot me through the
meshes OF her silken what-you-ca,l-
ems, Why. OF course, | should hay e
drawn my good excalibar and run him
thr-r-rough and thr-r-r-ough!"
BY Jove. how she said II! And she
Illustrated with the stemless rose
dash IL, no; the roseless stem! She
was superb-looked like the jolly
fencing girl; only a dashed sight more
stunning, don't you know, And her
excalibar, too! Didn't know what a
jolly excalibar was. but guessed II was
some delightfully."- mysterious but dead
ly feminine thing-some kind OF sub
merged Misunderstanding you know
that sort. dash I'll Yet she would
have drawn it-and her good one, too.
she said!
"Jove!" I said feelingly. Would
you, really!" And I almost took her
hand-and again remembered the win
dows! So l just shot her a lock.
Her glorious eyes s%parkled. That
Is, l would II | had one," she said
smiling; "but I'm afraid poor Arthur
lost the last and only one. Sad. isn't
it,"
"Oh!"
l just felt my jolly heart sink like
what's-its-name. Who the deuce was
poor Arthur" This must be another
some other laundering chap who
had been engaged to her. And what a
rotten, careless beggar, too. to have
lost it-that is, II he really had! Or
course, he would say so, anyhow. And
how the deuce did he get 1t. in the
first place-did she give 1t to him, or
did he
BY Jove, how | should have liked to
punch Arthur's head! Always did
hate a chap with that name! | flushed
guilty. but she did not see. For. the
moment. she was looking off dream.
lily across the valley.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-11
CULTIVATION OF CORN.
BY JOHN e. LARSON.

Next in Importance to seed selection
and seed bed preparation in the pro-
duction of corn, is cultivation. The
corn crop, to do its best must have
ample and proper cultivation. There
are many reasons why We should cul-
tivate corn. Briefly and primarily we
cultivate to destroy weeds, to con
serve the moisture and to allow the
air to enter, which means proper
filth. The proper time to begin Guilt
waiting corn is before it is up.
Early Cultivation.
Harrow the corntield shortly after
it is planted and a second time before
the corr comes up. Wait a few days
then till the corn is up two inches,
when it should again be narrowed.
Narrowing is rarely recommended for
cornfields after the corn is more than
two inches high. Then use the weed
err and c%ultivator. In some cases
where the ground is very foul before
planting, it is a good policy to cult
ate the planter markS-that Is,
blind cultivate the corn rows. Then
harrow crosswise and the weeds have
had a good backset. Early cultivation
pays. 1t is most effective.
How Many Times to Cultivate.
Best results in corn growing attend
where numerous civilizations are the
rule, four, five. or six, depending on
the season and rainfall. Where posi-.
BILE, cultivate after each rain to break
up the crust and areate the soil, thus
leaving q fine dust ulch The first
two civilizations may be deep and
close to the plant. Then the follow.
ing cultivation should be shallow and
not so close to the plant. The lateral
roots of the corn soon occupy all the
space between the rows and these
should not be pruned by deep cultiva'
ton. The ordinary s~ix-shovel or eight.
shovel cultviators do splendid work.
The surface c%ultivator does very we'll
also, il properly set and the dad
we'll sharpened. Conditions usually
determine which will do best.
Summary.
Harrow corn fields before the corn
is up.
Cultivate corn close and fairly deep
the first two civilizations.
Subsequent civilizations at close in.
tervals and shallow.
Cultivate to kill weeds, to conserve
moisture and to keep the ground
areated and in good filth.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-11
RAISING BUCkWHEAT.
BY PROF A.. NJ. HUME,
State College, Bookings.

Mr.. w. w. P, Hamlin county. makes
the following inquiry:
What kind Of buckwheat is the
best to SOW here? What is the best
way to SOW it, broadcast or drill?"
There are three principal types of
bu~ckwheat grown in the United
States: 0) Japanese, GU Silver
Hull, CD Common Gray. The grain of
the Silver Hull is smaller and plumper
than the Japanese. In the latter va.
riety there is a tendency for the an.
giles or edges of the hull to extend into
a wing, making the faces of the grain
more concave. Each of these types
has given the highest yield in differ.
ent places.
Buckwheat is rather seldom grown
in a rotation, it being freqently resort
ed to as a substitute for some crop
that has failed. That is why the prep.
aration of the seed bed for buckwheat
often takes places only a little while
before seeding the crop. Such a meth.
cd of preparation is not necessarily
the best method, but it is a frequent
method. The date of seeding varies
from May 1st to August LIST. The seed
is either put in broadcast and har.
rowed in or put in with a drill, the lat.
ter method being preferable as with
othre kinds of seed. Buckwheat is
harvested when the greatest number
OF seeds are ripe, a good implement
for harvesting being the self-rake
reaper. although it may b. cut with
a binder and put in longf shocks with.
out caps.
1t is threshed as soon as dry, usually
right from the field, because it shat.
ters very much il frequently handled.
A. N. HUME.
AgrUnomisG
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-11

passed through, n he was looking
SO crushed, so worn and tired, you
know-he had just come from up
stairs; and yet he faced me SO brave
ly and smilingly"-she shook her
head--"poor fellow"
l stared-puzzled. don't you know.
Offhand, dash me if I could see what
the judge lad 20 do with our evenings
together-why. | had his own approval
of my suit. Then l remembered that
she, of course, didn't know that-yet.
Probably what she had In her dear
little mind was that he might be hold
ing the library-and be would, II he
continued to think he was busy; for /
had heard him say he expected to
work all night. But then, there were
dozens and dozens of other places We
could go-well, l should Just say!
/ had just bent forward to suggest
this to her when / saw she was going
to speak. So l waited, smiling at her
tenderly.
And about Arthur" she began.
and | cut myself a painful stab with
my nails-right In the palm-'now
there Is a case where / think you
frd"-she nodded toward the house
again-"where you find one OF his
superb qualities, the one quality that,
of all, I admire In a man the most"
by Jove!" l said, leaning forward
[ wondered what 1t was-and then
dash II, | asked her.
Just ~trust!" she said simply, and
her face grew luminous. Faith, per
haps | should say. My father has II
larger than any man l eve knew; 1,
Is something that goes out from hin
with his friendship, with his love
making a dual gift"-her voice drop
ped thoughtfully-"I have studied 1t ir
him all my life. and 1t has always
seemed so beautiful to me-so o
derful-the unQuestioning peace ht
has"-her blue eyes widened. shin
ing-"has eve In return for the per
feet, abiding trust that he gives u
the thing he calls his own. / know
for he has made me feel 1t from tn
time I was a tiny little grill" The las
WOTQ was dlIuOSI q WuiSpcI, 30 lcuoc
so vibrant with feeling was it-sh,
seemed to have forgotten my exist
ence. And If ever I find a man
she breathed.
coughed slightly and she started
stared at me-and then the dimpl,
deepened In her cheek. lost In a BET
Of jolly roses Her laughter pealet
forth, birdlike-delicious!
81 beg your pardon" she said. Blu
when l think Of papa and Of how b,
believes In his children, especial!
poor little me, I think l must get
Her roguish. puzzled smile searches
my face, How is 1t you say itch
I know think I must be gettinl
dippy!'"
And II was the first slang I ha'
heard from those sweet lips since th,
night she was In my roomsl
CTO BE CONTINUED)
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-11
CHAPTER XIV.

eff Ever I Find a Mani"
II trust you've not been getting into
arouble, Mr.. Lightnut!"
Her lovely eyes were dancing with
mischief as they hung there below
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-11

N11s-syes. bluer than the Hudson at
bur fest; yst between the jolly rip
PIES that played across those pools OF
truth I could glimpse far down into
Depths that were the most devilishly
bbntrancing. darkiy. deeply. beautifully
you kpowi
Why, ~ 5ovs. I almost took q crop
Der right into them! Only caught
+ Inst n time. you know; Strengthened
S4ght on the verge. ~ It were-and
jnains N vt&A . nsA monecAs a.
SfinS
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-11

II wonder" she said pensively.
why 1t is one can lever find another
mar like Arthur. Do you suppose 1t
is because he vas the ideal?"
For an instant. / swallowed hard
then I plucked up bravely. or tried to.
don't you know.
"yolly likely!" I chirped. Then
gloomily: "Oh, I nay. you know. was
he your idealr'
"Alwaysi"-tAe blue eyes lighted
wistfully--I suppose rs because hs
ves NJ ArM isVsl I 1punA A10 -
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-11

Blindness 10 IN Mankind.
Fortune has often been blamed -
our blindness; but fortune n ~ q
blind - men NN-0amuA 0mlloA
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-03

when their daughter Ruby was united
In marriage to DR.. Walter F. Hammitt.
OF Union. the Rev. Hal v. Rigs. Of
Toledo. officiating. AZ Miss Hildred
Smith played Zimmerman's wedding
march. the bridal couple unattended.
took their places beneath beautiful
canopy fashioned for the occasion in
the bay window Of the sitting room.
The bride was becomingly gowned in
a dress Of white beaded BRUSSELS net
over messaline., The house was decor
ated, pink and white being the colors
Of the evening.
The bride is the second daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Conant. She is cul-
tured young lady. who has been active
in church and social circles.
The groom Is the younger son Of
Mrs. James Hammitt and is promis-
Ing young physician Of Union.
OF the sixty guests the following
were from out Of town: Amy Shoe
maker, Cedar Falls: Mr.. and Mrs.
James Whitley. Toledo: Mr.. and Mrs
John McPherran, Union; Mr.. and Mrs.
Justin Hammitt and family, Mr.. and
Mrs Victor Hamrritt and family, Of
Popeioy; Mrs. Nellie Paxton and fam
lily, Of Montour; Glenn Kersey, Of
Dixie; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Beatty. Of
Traer
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-03
ANOTHER VETERAN WINS.
State House Custodian Must Rsinstats
Old Soldier EmpoyO.


Des Moines. Nov. 3.--Veterans OF the
civil war found another occasion for
rejoicing when Judge Charles A. Dud-
ley, of the district court, ordered the
reinstatement of F. r. Thurber as a
He was discharged by w. A. Duck
worth, custodian Of the state house, last
July.
In directing the reinstatement OF Mr..
Thurber who is veteran OF the civil
war, Judge Dudley concurred In the
views of Judge Hugh Brennan. Of the
district court. who recently commanded
Gust cdian Duckworth to reinState NJ.
NJ. Harrah.
Old soldiers are confident the su-
preme court will uphold the rulings Of
Judges Dudley and Brennan that Thur
Der and Harrah were discharged con-
trary to the old soldiers preference
law. Both showed to the court that
they had been discharged without a
hearing. and without charges having
being preferred against them.
In the decree which soon will be
entered by Judge Dudley. the state will
he commanded to issue a warrant In
favor of Mr.. Thurber in payment OF the
salary he would have received from
July to the present time had he not
been discharged.
Judge Dudley held that Custodian
Duckworth had clearly violated the
old soldiers preference law when he
caused the dismissal of Thurber from
the payroll at the state house No at
tempt was made by the state to SHOW
that charges of incompetency or mis-
conduct had been lodged against Thur
bes
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-03
olsnwood.

Deputy Game Warden T. L. Hall
liberated thirty-eight English ring
necked" pheasants in = park at Glen
wood. A fine of 800 will be collected
from one one injuring one Of the birds
within five years.
| Bancroft.
The Baptist church at Bancroft has
extended an unanimous call to the
Ipastorate to the Rev. G. l.. Vonhagen.
Of Mercer Mo. He has accepted ana
will move his family to Bancroft this
week.
ksokuk. :,
The Hotel Iowa at Keokuk. which is
being hurried to compilation. Will DC
ready for the formal opening on Nov.
Is, according to the directors. L. V.
Holmes, night manager Of the LaSalle'
of Chicago, will take charge Of the new
hostelry.
Davenport.
"Death curve" the bend in the Rock
Island tracks on the western limits OF
the city, claimed the second victim
in three days when Ernest w. Daasch,
bricklayer, was struck by switch en-
CINE. He was so badly injured that ne
died soon. Harry AshWorth was the
first victim last week, also being Killed
by switch engine.
Leon.
S. Sparks, of Garden Grove. Al years
old was convicted in the district court
here of mistreating his 13-year-old
daughter. who Is the mother Of a
child born four months ago. Sparks
has served one team in the pen1ten-
t,arv having been convicted Of
forgery.
pes Moines.
district court jury awarded Mrs.
Fannie spellman $11,150 for the death
of her husband, John j. Spellman. an
engineer OIL the Chicago Great Western
railroad. who was killed in a wreck
near oeiwein three years ago. The
train ran into an open switch and
Spellman was scalded to death. She
sued for $4,000 damages.
Council Bluffs.
When the fire department was called
out shortly after midnight to the big
bonfire that helped the dedication OF
the Lincoln Highway thru here. one
piece of the apparatus ran into the big
crowd assembled and seriously injured
Theod ore Larson clarinet player In tho
band, and S. E. Whitley, druggist.
Both will recover.
Davenport.
Charged with having five wives.
Robert Gunther, street car conductor.
was placed under arrest by Deputy
Sheriff Marinan. The woman who
claims to be wife No. at Marion, I'LL,
is said to have made the complaint
Gunther is believed to be engaged to q
Davenport girl and also to have a wife
No. S here. The alleged bigamist de-
nies the charge.
Knoxville.
Judge Fahey reassembled the Sep
tember term grand jury in special ses-
sion Thursday to consider the case Of
Ellis Stenson, alleged to have killed
Jacob Galish in q quarrel at Dallas,
twelve miles southwest Of Knoxville.
last Friday The grand jury indicted
s,epson, charging first degree murder.
Hc probably will be brought to trial
before the present court adjourns.
Perry.
A liveryman at Bagley. west Of this
city, is loser Of $500 because he bought
fine team Of horses from AZ tranger.
The latter had been working - farm