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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18

n AAIUEL paused meditatively and
w. surveyed the hollow stump, Some
~ thing few low above It with u
singing so,md
.,,AHi--syos." he yelled. waving wildly
at Alfred. stubbing down the road.
Come On here! Bees nest!'
Together they tore TO Samuel house
and hunting up a pail, proceeded with
great splashings to fill il at the kitchen
sink
They must be the same ones, said
Alfred, excitediy. that stung Goat Reg
eusto ner the other day they ought to
be drowned out, yes. stree"
They're danj'rus," pronounced Sam
uel with great vim why they might
fly right in our houses an sting our
mothers and babies an"
What are you doing. sammy in
auired his mother. en,ering the Kitchen.
We're going to drown out bees
nest
Now. see here interrupted his
mother. you're TO do nothing of the
sort! I've no time to bind up bee stlngs
and"
"Oh. protested her son. they amt
bees I guess They're only yellow Jack
cts"
Good gracious" said his mother
family. Have you any idea what a yell
low jacket sting feels ike? Put down
that nail Of water"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18

Battle the eyes each morning
in cold water.
This will stimulate circula-
ton.
The health of the body has
much to do with the eyes.
When you are perfectly well
your eyes will be clear and
bright.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18

!, half-shut eye. Interest and ANNA
ton show in the round wide-open
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
Love of a Sensation.

= Last winter l listened with genu-
Inc interest to a man who was telling
some of us how he had gone into an
insane asylum to study conditions
there. Nobody knew, he said, that
he was not committed because of I'M
sound mind He told us things that
made our blood run cold. of sights
and sounds that were like the horrors
one sees and hears in delirium. None
of us doubted one Of his assertions.
Yet, a week later, when l told two
of his friends of the keen interest his
description had aroused in me and
my guests, the pair laughed uproar-
iously.
why" they said, that was only
one of Bits yarns! No, there was not
a word of truth in the whole thing.
He just made the story up as he went
along. He is a born sensationalist
end he dearly loves to produce a SEN
sation at any and all times"
He had produced upon me various
kinds of sensations One was the con-
vietion that he had abused my hospi-
tality, and the other was that would
not trust such man on oath.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
The Coquettish Slant.
By ANNA HELD.

Heading Anna Helds All-Star Nariete
Jubilee" Under Management
of John COrtD
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
Horrors of To-day.

Commercial and industrial civilization
has a cannibalistic strain in its nature
which can be worked out if we will
that il shall 60 out, but which is ca
peble Of running nations and races to-
DAY as efectuany as 1t did in the time
Of Tyre ana Carthage
Il is well to think little on the ma
ture OF canuiballsm The brute animal
knows II In only one Of its forms, and
does not understand it then. but We
know. though We may try to shut our
eyes to the fact. that there is a moral
caunibalism also. which is more destruc-
tive than the other, and yet it is prac-
ticed by the only animal on this earth
that Is capable Of cOmprehending the
nature and consequences Of its acts and
Of defying, II II will. the terrible law ot
the struggle for existence.
For what were our brains ana our
neral sentiments given to us If We can
not with their aid and guidance keCp
the most brutal of mere animal instincts
from reappearng in another and more
dreadful form upon the higher level TO
which Intelligence has raised us?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
Half a Pail

wen. III Just take half a pail"
put It down. insisted his mother.
Anyway, want to use the pail"
"well theys another one I can take
just az well as not" offered Samuel,
eagerly Them bees"
Samuel" pronounced his mother.
You can not have that pail or any
other pail. want them all And"
Gee" muttered her con, ~ don't see
whatchu want with so many pails
Never mind" said his parent. And
now you boys run on out Of here"
"Gee"' said Samuel, sulkily TO AL
fred. as they stamped out. Always
stopping me, everything do. And them
bees ought q be tended to. She don't
know how datrous they are. singing
people and everything! They ought a
be tended to-"
Sure they ought" agreed Alfred
promptly Bees are awfuliy DAM rous
things, Why. ! read once OF man get
ting stung to death, And everybody
don't know about that stump-they
might cit right down and lean against
il.
CAL pronounced Samuel, after they
had stared into each others eyes q
long minute. we gotta get rid OF them
bees Ma she wont let me drown EN-
out, but she didn't say nothih' about
doing anything else
No she didn't agreed Alfred She
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
"A F fashionable F aiIing -
BY VIRGINIA T. VAN DE WATER

mantle of hospitality over her and
treat her politely and pleasantly But
for the sake of your own self-respeot
omit the 4 am so glad to see youi''
For you are notl
The Elaborated Story.
Perhaps one Of the most insidious
temptations along the line of false
hood is to elaborate an account of
some happening and thus make It in
teresting. One has an annoying little
experience, and, by adding a bit to il,
the story of it will produce upon the
persons who hear 1t much more i'm
preston than would the commonplace
facts. Then why say that one waited
twenty minutes at one counter for
her change when one really waited
but ten? 1t seemed like twenty
We'll, it ought to have happened
the way l told 1t, anyhow" exclaimed
raConteur who WAS called to &C
count for exaggerating a certain in
cident. My theory is to make a
good story better if possible. Why
let little matter like the truth stand
in the way Of good story"
The listeners laughed, but it is to
be doubted if any one of them will
hereafter quite believe what this per
sun say
My brother law told me that"
said a woman to her husband.
Did he? Wen. Il may possibly be
true, nevertheless. was the rejoinder
| know one man who has a way of
making the most interesting state
ments imaginable, and he does so with
circumstantiality that speaks won
ders for his powers of Imagination.
find him distinctly interesting. but
when | am not with him, and think
over what he has told me, am dash
ed by the remembrance that one can
not place the least confidence in his
word. | would be afraid to quote him
for fear that the person who heard me
do so would consider me 4 liar. Yet
my informant gives his alleged facts
as gospel truth" and, to quote the
slang of the day, often gets away
with them
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18

mantle of hospitality over her and
treat her politely and pleasantly. But
for the sake of your own self-respect
omit the 4 am so glad to see you!''
For you are notl
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18

Nature is a great teacher, but she
as frequently teaches us what to avoid
as what to initiate. And there is
deeper side to her lessons which we
do not always perceive.
We do not eat children. but IRE
Hrc upon their Likelihood WheHerer
IRE send them to Wedr out their ten
der bodies and wither their hearts
and their brains III roaring factories
md stifiiHg teHcmcHts rhere the
modern UOioch. the MOneV God, de-
rOUls his sacrifices
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-18

reluctantly we had to turn back. |
was consOled by the reception | got
on arrival from the family in the red
topped tents. They were all there
holding a reception--the head, in
stripes, looking like a red laced zebra;
his wife, in a chocolate tinted COS
tune; his two daughters, n in sal
mon color and the other in pink; and a
young man whose relationship to the
family is not yet assured. clad In a
black costume and a big bath towel
We made a gay morning of it on the
beach, with a thousand more, and ]
have yet to see precisely where the
morality Of our conduct can be ques-
toned.
I'm fact, nowadays 1t is not ques-
toned except perhaps by Mrs. Grundy,
quietly weeping in a corner over her
waning influence. Sunlight, fresh air,
salt sea and exercise bring together
the sane mind in the sound body. 1t is
a physical ideal and the nearer we
live up to it the further we get from
laxity. There is much more danger in
absinthe, crowded rooms hot and
heavy with perfumes and the frou-
frou Of deliberately provocative
skirts"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-18
Job to Continue All Summer.

Sioux Falls.-Attorney r. F. Lyons
of this city, who is a member of the
special committee which is investigat-
ing the different state Offices and who
had been home for a few days, has
returned to Pierre. Mr.. Lyons expects
that practically the entire summer
will be taken up in the work. The
hearing will be resumed at Pierre and
in the near future sessions of the
committee will be held at Sioux Falls,
Yankton, Deadwood, and other points.
In fact, the committee proposes to
make a thorough investigation and
will summon every person in the state
who they think a give any informa-
ton. The time of the committee so
far has been devoted to ar investiga-
ton of affairs in the office Of the sec
rotary of state, and last week Supreme
Court Judge Policy, who was the &C.
cupant of that office two terms, was
before the committee.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-18
BIG IMPROVEMENTS
SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS HAS
BEEN SPENT ON GROUNDS
AT HURON.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capitol City, the Various
State Institutions and From
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

Huron.-Over $50, 900 worth of i'm
~provements are being made on the
state fair grounds on new buildings,
fences, additions and repairs. The
new machinery hall is a tireproof
structure with 20G-foot frontage and
1S5 feet deep.
The new dairy building is construct
ed of brick and contains nearly 400
feet of floor space. A huge all glass
refrigerator and other appliances will
be installed TO adequately handle all
kinds of dairy products on exhibition.
Other important additions include
a press building for the newspaper
men of South Dakota, treasurer'S of
flee, concession building, secretary's
office, administration building for the
members of the state board Of agri-
culture, and additional rest rooms and
porches or the woman's building.
There are now nearly fifty good
buildings on the state fair grounds.
The live stock barns, swine and sheep
pens. woman's building, dairy building
and machinery hall are said to be un-
surpassed by any western fair. The
1919 dates are September s OF II.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-18

very edge of the horizon there are
three ~gunboats, crawling toward Do
yer. They look like a trio Of cock
reaches playing at soldiers and learn
ing to smoke at the same time.
But the wonderful charm of the
place lies in the conventional things
one expects at the seaside which are
missing. These nonexistent things
have the charm of the unexpected. For
instance, l have neither seen nor heard
a band play. 1t must be distinctly I'M
derstood, however, hat nothing is
guaranteed.
81 nave a vision of London clamOr-
ing at Charing Cross for the right of
transit to a resort which has nc band.
I do not say there is no band. but
only that l have not e e it. Fol aught
| know there may be a band. 1t may
have struck the Folkestone people,
more discriminating than their genera
ton. conceal their musicians, regard
ing a band as a guilty civic secret. All
mean to say Is that through one
sunny day I did not hear a band or
see one. 1t is a long time since l felt
so radiantly happy at the seaside.
"In Folkestone one bathes and is
unashamed. 1t has come to be recog-
nized after centuries of guilty conceal
ment, that men, women and children
have legs, arms and bodies and heads.
and that there Is nothing criminal in
their possession. The result is a new
delight at the seaside. Instead OF
taking q prison and getting jolted 10
Meath you lake . tAnt- Instead Of leav-
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-18
State Bureau of information.

Huron.-South Dakota is the first
state in the Union to take the initia-
tive in enacting a law, as a transition
measure. for temporary relief, in in
terest of labor until better oppOrtu-
mites be accomplished through state
government. This law went into effect
July first and is called the State Blu
reau of Information act. Anyone, un-
der this law, ear write or telephone
the register of deeds at any county
seat of his or her want pertaining to
employment, as employer or emplOye
in any line, or their desire to purchase
or sell any kind of live stock or ce.
reals and seeds. All this information
is sent daily from each county to the
state commissioner, who brings to-
gether the man and the job, and the
buyer and the seller, by notifying
each by postal card. This is done
free of charge to either party of the
transaction.
If one wants a teacher, stenogra-
pher, hired girl. carpenter or hired
man, or someone to come and bid
on live stock, corr or seed grain in
South Dakota, one needs only to com
municate his wants to the register
of deeds in any county.
In short, the law provides the op-
portunity of free. general, statewide
information, so that labor can find
employment; employers may find la
borers; sellers may find buyers, and
buyers may find sellers.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-18
Well Supplied with Funds.

Pierre.-The report of condition Of
the state treasury at the close of bush
ness June 30, showed $934,361 in all
funds, with disbursements for June
amounting to $685., III, a large part
of which was income funds to the
schools of the state. The general
fund, s131,944, and the game fund
$42,7 73. AS new licenses are due the
game fund will show an increase OF
receipts for several months, but the
Withdrawals for the improvements on
the game preserve in the Black Hills
will take a good sized chunk out of the
fund.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-18
Why He Knew.

80 you are sure" asked the ga,
of the young playwright, that your
new play will be a success"
Positive" asked the young writer
with enthusiasm why even the
manager blusdee when be read It,"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-18

- ~
the charge for the use
Of a cane chair is one
- penny, but the right TO
use a canvas chair costs
twopsoue," says a noted dramatic
crFss who is making the rounds Of
tIss resorts. With shy opulence |
LSrted with two coppers and acquired
e canvas chair-the extravaganza be-
ing justified by the amount Of comfort
achieved. Besides, in a canvas chair
a man becomes more picturesque,
while in the same type of seat a sun
Drowned woman can look bewitching-
ly adorable.
Again, in the canvas chair there is
room to recline. In my effort to recline
/ developed a languid air of detached
hauteur, which | considered a compli-
Gated pose most difficult of achieve
ment.
1T was certainly a cheap effect at
~twopence, which could not be repro
duced seated in a cane chair at any
price. At first | had the idea that my
creation, as a canvas chair manner
was gorgeously original, but after an
inspection Of the whole foreshore, with
its long lines of sunburned men and
sun kissed women, / found my sedu-
lousy cultivated effect goes with
every twopenny seat. l have since re-
vised it and now put in an hour a day
scowling at the horizon. The effect is
much more select. People think | am
a naval critic or a German spy and
are visibly astonished.
Approved by Dramatic Critic.
"Folkestone is chiefly remarkable
IN my eyes for the things do not see
here, although things as they appear
are good to the eyes Of the beholder. l
like this we'll built town perched
crafty on the edge of a mighty white
cliff, it's head almost In the clouds,
while its feet are laved by the sea.
Specially attractive are the grounds
with their paths, V shaped, which
point ever upward, like Copperfield's
ineffable Agnes. The sea is a SHIN
mering plane Of dancing green. On the
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-18
Gains by Months.

The following are the gains by
months for the wear.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-18
Under Another Name.

While at a motion picture show mat.
inee watching the pictures Janet, aged
four, leaned over and said: "Auntie,
rs trying. Give me your handker.
chief" The cause was the killing Of
a man. | turned to her little friend
Alice, same age, and said: Are you
crying, too?" ooh. no, my eyes are
Just sweaty Exchange.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-18

ing your wife, sister, daughter or
sweetheart segregated with her sex
and %shrouded at the end of a rope. at
Folkestone you take her with you and
teach her to swim or perhaps she
teaches you. As a result the bathing
becomes not only a vast frolic IN the
sea, but a Jolly social function on the
shore. Looking around on the hun
dreds of bathers, laughing, splashing,
diving, swimming, Raging each other
or lounging on the shore, | think OF
Mrs. Grundy, one of the celebrities |
never met; | think she must have
been a Mrs. Harris. There cannot have
been "sich a person" else she would
not have been so completely routed on
a battle-ground she has made peculiar
ly her own.
Visitors Are a Happy Lot.
"An amusing world is Folkestone,
intensely human in the happier condi-
tons under which it performs public
additions in the sea.
From my twopenny chair | love to
view this riot of physical happiness,
which helps to endow us with physical
well being when the gay period OF un-
fettered freedom is over. This meth
cd of mixing the bathing, SO long an
undesirable jest among prurient mind
ed people, is in actual practice fra
GRAVITY sane, and its breezy lack of
self-consciousness will prevent it from
being shamed back to oblivion by the
man with the salacious leer. 1t Is too
good a thing to lose, this liberty only
lately gained. A bathing costume is
most desirable on a hot day. Tired
of the cool of the sea-, in it one may
take a sun bath on the shore. If there
are tonic graces in salt water and viz
tue in fresh air one may have both for
the good they hold at the same time.
Il joined a merry party on the beach
and set out to swim the channel. 1t
did not look SO far across, but after
swimming five minutes it became OBJ
vious both to me and my advisers that
the tide was against us, and that we
had not properly charted the currents.
Besides, we had no steamboat, and so
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-18
Bids for a Bridge Submitted.

Pierre.-The bids for construction
of a concrete dam and bridge for the
improvement of the lake at the CAPT
toll grounds ranged from a little over
$12, 600 up to over $4,000. Joseph
Stainer of this city vas the lowest
bidder.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-18
Crops In Good Condition.

Pierre.-State Treasurer Ewart has
just returned from a trip Of over 100
miles over Hughes and Sully coun-
ties which he took with an auto party,
and he was enthusiastic in regard TO
the outlook for corn, alfalfa and pota.
toes over both counties.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-18
Will Do Business Here.

Pierre.-The state insurance depart
ment has granted authority TO the
Bankers and Merchants Fire com
pany of Minneapolis to do business in
this stae.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-18

alfalfa hay ton account of scarcity
of alfalfa) and the calf at this time
was eating II pounds of grain daily
and what hay he wanted. He was con-
tinued on this ration until II months
and 10 days old, when he was eating
10 pounds of themixture daily. At
this time he feighed 1,09S pounds.
| have fed calves that were much
heavier than this one for their ages,
but they were from COWS that were
better mixers than this cow. Their
mothers were of pure Bates breeding.
This COW is of the pure Cruickshank
breeding.
The following Is a statement Of the
quantity of food actually consumed
by the COW and calf until he was one
year old. This is figured at present
prices, or primary prices, in this COM
munity.
Oats, 1913 bushels, at 23c......$1S.37
Corn 31.S bushels, at &c.,. lib
Oil meal. 500 pounds, at 1Ac.. GIG
Bran, 1854 pounds, at 1c..... 2.38
Wild hay, 2.11 tons, at $780,. 1855
Shllatid nay = lOlo, NJ QlO. O.O
BrOmus inermus hay, 6 tons, at
$500 $50
Pasture for cow Z months at
$l.OO 7.OO
Total .$68.2O
The question will be asked. was
there any money in feeding this calf
in this manner In reply l say yes, be-
cause bulls of this breeding, age and
condition for the past ten years at
the Grand Combination Sales at
Mitchell, have brought, at public auc-
ton, from two to three times as much
as this. Eight years ago l contributed
a bull calf in this condition to the
sale at Mitchell, and he brought SITS.
This calf was but ten months old when
sold. Had | been fitting him for show
purposes, | would have added a good
nurse COW when he was two months
old, and when he was big enough to
take all of the milk furnished by the
two cows ] would nave added a third
cow.
When you see these big calves in
the show ring. happen around about
meal time and notice the large herd Of
nurse COWS tied in some back out Of
the way place.
Yes, if we had had twenty of these
calves we could have sold every one
for any way three times what it cos
to produce them. Again, this is a
fine place to market your grain; it Is
convenient and handy. The labor is
distributed over the entire year.. All
would take pleasure in having some
thing on the farm to admire. The
boys would stay at home, providing
they had an interest, and there would
be less of this leaving the farm for the
city life.
Did you ever think that it only re-
uuires a few head of good ShOrthorn
cows to be worth as much in dollars
and cents, as the average stock OF
groceries in the average town? This
is not all-the South Dakota soil needs
the manure made by live stock.
1t will be many years before the de.
mand in this state for good cattle will
be supplied. Big tracts are being di.
vided and the smaller farmer is com'
ing in.
Gains by Months.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-18
Water and Ore Mixed

Nearly so tons of water were lifted
from the mines of South Stafford
shire. England last year Tor every
ton Of min
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-19

of 100000. 1t has enabled us to
increase our business-nOt sensa-
tionally-but steadily, from year to
year. We think our factory equip
ment, our organization, and the
goodwill of our customers give US
the right to believe we can con-
tinue to progress this year, next
year and many years to come.
The man who bought a car last
year or the year before from a COM
pany which is not now in business
is probably not an altogether hap
py man.
Chalmers ''Thirty-Six'' at 1880:
Chalmers "Six," five-passenger,
$2400, and seven-passenger, $4,000,
are truly "alI you can ask in a mo-
tor car" Prices include full