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mates, spent Christmas with. his par
ents and visited at the home OF his
aunt, Mrs. James McKim.
Miss Edna Childress is home from
school to spend the holiday vacation.
Miss Georgia Nicewanner spent
Christmas with her friends, Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Miller.
Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Hess moved
into Mrs. E. A. Mckim's house last
week, where the three widow ladies
will enjoy the winter season in being
company for each other
Charles Robertson and family are
now located in Mrs. E. A. McKim's
tenement house. This house IS among
the first built in Deloit and is an old
land mark in the town.
Mrs. Minnie White, husband and
daughter Of South Omaha, are here
visiting her brother, Charles Camp
bell, and family and her mother Mrs.
Myra Hunt.
The drug store has opened up in De-
lott with Mr.. w. A. Steuck prophet
or. We understand he added to his
stock of drugs those purchased of DR..
Smith in his Office. We indeed ap-
precate getting prescription filed
at home.
The Maurice Winans and A. ].
Mason sale ofe7cattle Saturday after
noon at the l. c. stock yards was we'll
attended and sales good.
James Mckim and wife went to
OdebOlt Saturday to visit his sister,
Mrs. Sarah NeWcOm, and family.
J. w. True took dinner Sunday with
his neighbors, Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Mill
err.
A lecture course is advertised for
Deloit by the students of Morningside
college. The first number, mando-
lin orchestra. will be Thursday night.
Mrs. j. w. True and little boys went
to Avoca Friday to visit at the parent
al, Mr. and Mrs. Tittsworth, home for
few days.
Mrs. G. S. Jordan and daughters,
Nora and Ruth, spent Christmas with
her daughter. Mrs. Jennie Barrett.
and husband in Denison.
Blair Richardson, son of Dell Rich
ardson. and wife, of HarcOurt, spent
few days the past week here visit
ing at the home Of her mother, Mrs.
H. WestcOtt Blair is section fore
man at that place on the Northwest
ern.
S. Horn has ice tools for sale. Any
one wanting such tools can call on
him at his home.
S. Horr ordered car OF ice from
Broder Boysen last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. Newcom and son,
Virgil, took dinner Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. ]. L. Riggleman
Guy Martin. drove over to .Mapleton
SundaEs afternoon with his car He
was accompanied by w. True, Otto
Kneiff and w. A. Steuck.
Harry Anderson and wife visited
Sunday at the John Anderson home.
Miss Eunice DObsOn was running
her new car Sunday afternoon and
giving joy ride to some Nf her
friends and her mother.
A picture show was held at Deloit
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday eve
nings, entitled "Thaw Out"
Miss Birdie Robertson was home
from Denison to spend Christmas. The
family gathering was at the home of
n ", Richardson. t--
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VAIL ITEMS.

The Vail firemen invite you to at
tend their dance at the Woodman
hall in Vail New Years night.
L. L. Osterlund and son, Charles,
We're Denison visitors Monday.
Joe Harrington was a county seat
visitor last Tuesday.
Miss Anna Murtaugh was visitor
in Denson Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. E. Green and two
sons returned Monday evening from a
few days visit with relatives at Dow
City.
Miss Francis Hill was a Denison
visitor last week.
August Voss was up from West Side
on business Friday.
DR.. r. p. Booher, wife and baby,
OF Logan, and Edward and Jess Gran
ny, of Omaha, ate Christmas turkey
in Vail at the Mrs. Granny home.
Mrs. Thos. Sheridan and son, Ed
ward, were calling on Denison friends
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bart Mitchell and chill
dren spent Christmas in Marshalltown
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. }. Z.
Welsh.
Thos. Dalton was Denison pas
senger Monday.
Rev. and Mrs. r. f. Jones and baby
went to Marathon last week for a Wis
it with her folks.
Dr. z. Monaghan was over from De
lott Thursday on business.
James Tate, from near Manila, was
here Sunday to attend the funeral OF
Mrs. Byrnes.
Miss Violet Tempest was visitor
Tuesday in Denison.
Miss Marie Welsh, of MarshalltOwn,
is here for visit with relatives.
Maurice OConnor and two sons and
Misses Margaret and Nell Hickey
spent Christmas day in Denison with
the formers mother and brothers.
Joe Monaghan, of Denison, spent
Sunday in Vail.
George Novotne made trip to
Denison on business Tuesday.
VIM. and Peter Meier made trip
to Carroll Tuesday on business.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Kropf will regret to learn of
the death of their little daughter who
was born Saturday, December Goth,
and was buried Tuesday, December
23d, in St. AIMS cemetery.
Thos. Ryan, who has been visiting
with relatives, returned the last OF
the week to his work at Jefferson.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Welch, of Maple
River Junction, spent last Tuesday in
Vail with relatives.
Mrs. N. Staininger was here from
Denison Christmas week helping her
husband in his jewelry store.
Thos. Dalton went to Grand Mound
to spend the holidays with his mother
and other relatives.
NJ. ]. Monaghan spent couple of
days the last of the week in Omaha.
Mrs. r. p. Booher and little son, OF
Logan. who have been visiting here
since before Christmas with her moth
err and sisters, left the first of the
week for Ute, where they will visit
Mr.. Booher's parents.
Misses Helen and Julia kral were
Denison callers Saturday.
Mrs. j. B. Huckstep and daughters,
Florence and Helen, are spending the
holidays at Beemer, Neb., with rela-
tives.
Misses Mearle Harrington and Leila
Ouirk were visitors Tuesday in Deni-
son.
G. B. McAndrews made a business
trim to Omaha the first of last week.
Carson Hanson was a county seat
caller Monday.
Miss Margaret Champion, of Deni-
son. spent Christmas day in Vail with
her sister, Mrs. John Dougherty, and
family.
Miss Mary Foley returned the first
If last week from her trip to Clinton.
where she went to attend the funeral
OF a relative.
Miss Lillian Granny spent q part Of
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Friday at the home of A. Fredricksen
at Odebolt.
Mr. Hilko Meyers and B. Auen were
married last Wednesday and gave a.
dance in the Herring hall Friday night.
We wish them much joy.
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DELoIT ITEMS.

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The Oakes times., 1913-05-15
Survival Of Oid-Time Superstition
Which Has Been Found Impossi-
sibIe to Eradicate.

The influence of the moon upon the
weather was in ancient times assumed
in much the same way as the influence
of the moon upon the tides Of the sea
was assumed. There was no proper
knowledge Of the facts in either case,
and it was accepted in both cases
merely because the regular changes
of the earths shadow on the moon
were used as the great primitive time
keeper, and any frequent changes In
other things must happen after some
one or other Of those regular changes.
The barbaric guess. Post hoe ergo
propter hoc," proved. when careful
study of the matter was made and
Newton's law of gravitation was ap-
piled to it, to be right in regard to the
tides, but wrong in regard to the
weather. The banking up" of the sea
in a moving hood which passes, as 1t
were. "over the face of the waters"
twice approximately in the "a
hours is now known to be due to the
drag" or gravitational attraction ex-
erted on the heavy but. mobile mass OF
the ocean by the moon as 1t circles
round the earth, with a returning
change in its relative position to earth
The Oakes times., 1913-05-15
EPILoGUE.

No one ever knew whether the &C,
complished Frenchman reached shore,
ultimately, in the rowboat, or descend
ed to Sabrina beneath the waves. II
that last hasty exit from the deck Of
the Sea Gull was also his final exit
from life, certain it is that his depar-
ture into the realm of shades was un-
wept and unsung. The stick of dyna-
mite was found, after gingerly
search, lying on one of the berths in
the large cabin, where 1t had been
dropped by the Frenchman in his
flight.
Jimmy Hambleton did not let the
shoe business entirely go to destruc-
ton. though his taste for holidays
grew markedly after he brought his
bride home with him to Lynn. One
year, when the babies were growing
up. he ordered trim little yacht to be
built and put into her berth at
Charlesport. She was named the Sea
Gull. Jimmy's chauffeur, called Hand
was her captain.
Sometimes, when James and Aga
tina were alone, in the zone of still
ness hung over the listening water,
there would rise a song, clear and
birdlike:
Free of my pain, free of my burden
of sorrow,
At last / shall see thee"
and again Jimmy's heart would rise
buoyant. free, happy-the heart Of un-
quenchable youth.
THE END,
The Oakes times., 1913-05-15
Levi Dickinson, Native Of Connecticut,
ls the Man to Be Accorded
the Honor.

Although it is not generally
known" said manufacturer Of
brooms. "tha house broom. such as
the housewife uses, Is comparatively
a recent invention, dating back to
17S6. Before that time husk brooms
were used to sweep out the ovens and
splinter brooms. made Of birch. were
used for everyday use. The present
broom industry might be said to have
had it's beginning in Connecticut In
1876, when Levi Dickinson. native
of Weatherheld, went to Hadley car
rying with him a new kind of corn
seed which he showed his friends, say
ing that when full grown 1t would
make better brooms than ever had
been made. The Hadley women
laughed at him, but despite this, Dick
inson was not discouraged. but har-
vested his first crop of broom corn.
managed to scrape the seed from the
The Oakes times., 1913-05-15

ably ind out soon enough. But don't
care. now that you are here"
James. dear. will you forgive me
for this afternoon"
I'll forgive you II you'll take 1t all
back. hide. hoofs and horns. for ever
n ever, amen"
II take 1t back. never meant II"
Then may one ask why"
"Oh, James, l don't know why"
Anybody could have told them that
1t was only phase of feminine panic
In the face of the unknown, necessary
as sneezing. But, as Jim said, it
didn't matter
Never mind. Only don't want
you to marry me because you found
me here all buggy and pitied me-"
james! To talk like that! You
know it wasn't"
Then, what was it," Jim. sudden
ly grown serpent-like in craft, turned
his well-known ingenious and inno-
cent expression upon her.
THE moment you left me, up there
in the pine grove, knew l couldn't do
without you"
How did you know"
Because"
Eyes. because" Jim prompted her.
"Oh, Jimsy, you know"
"No. don't"
Agatha, loving his teasing, but too
deeply moved, too generous and sim
cere to play the coquette. turned to
him again face shining with tender
ness. Her eyes, like stars; her lips,
all sweetness.
Only love, James. dear"
Something rose again in Jimmy's
soft heart. choking him. AS he had
thrilled to the unknown ecstasy in
Agatha's song, many days before, so
now he thrilled to her voice and face,
eloquent for him alone. Love and its
power. life and its meaning, the long,
long thoughts of youth and hope and
desire-these held him in thrall.
Agatha was in his arms. Time was
lost to him, and earth.
The Oakes times., 1913-05-15
morning was over had the whole apart.
ment wondering what the joke was
Kansas City Journal.
Early Showed Heroism.

AS boy. Rear Admiral Young, who
died last month, showed qualities that
were sure to put him in the front rank
of his profession. AS q midshipman,
he leaped overheard to rescue a sea-
man, and before the boats could be
lowered and rowed to him, he was
three miles astern, swimming and
supporting the unconscious sailor.
Later, when the ship Huron was
wrecked on reef on the North Caro-
lima coast, he and another man tried
to reach the shore on a raft. When
the raft capsized, he not only swan
ashore, but dragged his companion to
safety with him. Then he ran to a life
saving station, broke into the build
ing. dragged out the apparatus, and
succeeded in saving "a officers and
men out of crew of a hundred and
thirty-two. For this act of heroism
congress advanced him In rank. and
the legislature Of Kentucky, his native
state. made him an honorary member.
Youths Companion.
The Oakes times., 1913-05-15
SYNOPSIS.

Agatha Redmond. opera singer. starting
.sr. .vr an.s an auto drive in New York. finds a
she hses IS accoe1t, sent as as her chauffeur Later
We,,h'e 14sn the auto and chloroforms her. James
abdact;ao bamcteson o Of Lynn. Lynn. Mass witnesses the
tom seee Aaathss 81 Asatha ths,R; Redmond iamnle
yacht. He secures a tug and when near
e!sny en1 yacht ,nta. drops overheard. ,Aeck Van
pointment with him Not meeting Ham
Madame Madame and Miss Meianie keynier He
proposes prop. to the latter and is refused The
yacht, the Sea Gull. Hambleton mt tor wakes WAKE :
up up oh,t on board the Jeanne D'Arc, the yacht
= man VINO Introduces himself as Mon
aeur .r Ghatelard. who is AEatha's abduc-
TOR TOR They They hght, but are interrupted by
Agatha are abandoned by the crew who
take to the boats. Jimmy and Agatha
;n swim .h6n for hours and finally reach shore
covering slightly. the pair find Hand the
Shauneur who assisted in Agatha's ah-
Seons and asTse the to help of m Is
Eoes for help. He returns with Or.
Thayer, who reviyes Jim. and the party
tha's property is located. Van Camp and
his party. In the Sea Gull. reach Charles
port and get tidings OF the wreck OF the
verge of death and Agatha In despair
DIR. Thayer declares his sister Mrs S,od-
dard Is the only one who can save Jim
She is a woman of strong religious con-
victions, and dsikes Agatha on account
Of her profession. She refuses TO nurse
Agatha to aps Pleads ths With her yan and he
hears Agatha's story and gets the
track OF Chatelard. Hamhleton is finally
Van Camp, goes after Chatelard. Agatha
meets Mclaine Reynier and both are sur
prised at their remarkable resemblance
Chamberlain by ruSe induces Chaiclard
to go to Agatha's house. Mr!ain" rerog-
rizes Chatelard as the spy OF her persc-
cutor, on whose account she left home. 1t
was Melalne Chatelard he thought he was
abducting. Before he can be arrested
Chatelard escapes in an auto. Jim. com.
pteteiy recovered. tells why he followed
Agatha. Jim proposes marriage to Aga
tina. She declines his offer and he caves
her in despair. His long absence alarms
his friends. who. with Agatha. folio"
him
The Oakes times., 1913-05-15
CHAPTER XIV.
After You, Monsieur!

AtIer YOU, monsieur!
Jim had no desire to create a sensa-
tion among his friends at the old red
house; but as he left the pine grove
all his Instincts led him to flee In an
other direction. He did not fully
realize just what had happened to
him, but he was conscious Of having
received very hard jolt, indeed. The
house. full of happy associations as 1t
was, was just now too tantalizing a
place. Aleck had won out, and he and
Melanie were radiating that peculiar
kind of lovers JOY which shines on
the eve of matrimony. Jim wished
them wcll-none better-but he also
wished they wouldn't make such u
fuss over these things. Get 1t done
and out of the way. and the less said
about it the better. In fact. Jim's
eclipse; he lost his holiday ardor, and
trudged over the hill and into the
shore road in a state of extreme de.
lection.
But he fingered on the way. divert
ed almost against his will by the sight
of fishing smacks putting into harbor,
an island steamer rounding distant
cliff, and the Sea Gull lying motion
less just within the breakwater. Wom-
en- may be unkind, but a ship is a
ship. after all. One can not nurse the
pain even of a shattered heart when
running before a stiff wind with the
spinnaker set and an open sea ahead.
The thought decided him. The sea
should be his bride. Jim did not stop
to arrange, at the moment, just how
this should be brought about. but his
determination was none the less firm
He became sentimental to the extent
of rejecting, vaguely. that this was
but philosophic justice. The sea had
not conquered him-far from it;
neither should She conquer him. He
would follow the sea. the path of gla-
mour, the home Of the winged foot
and the vanishing sail, the road to
alien and mysterious lands
Thus Jimmy, in reaction from the
Arctic douche to which his emotional
self had been subjected. He was. Hg-
uratively speaking, blue with the cold,
but trying valiantly to warm himself.
AS he gazed at the Sea Gull. asleep
on the food tide. cutting a gallant fig
ure in the glowing sunset, he felt an
overmastering longing to be aboard
He would stay on the yacht until
Chamberlain came, at least; possibly
all night.
Having made up his mind on this
point, James persuaded himself that
he felt better. Philosophy is a friend
In need, after all. Why should one
failure in getting ones desires crush
the spirit? He would make a right
about-face, travel for year on sail
ing vessel, see the world. That was
It. Hang the shoe business!
Immersed in mental chaos such as
The Oakes times., 1913-05-15
Nc. Younohusband Unjustly Blamed
for Fault Of cholertc Driver OF
the Mules.

Another practical application Of the
advisability of believing only half Of
what you hear" had an inning in a
South side home recently. An upper
apartment is occupied by bride and
xroom. The groom on this fatal morn.
ing happened to be the first one up. A
teamster with pair of balky mules on
the street below the bedroom windows
vas admonishing the mules in the only
language mules are sid to under
stand.
While the groom was in the process
OF . morning plunge he was aston
ished to hear sobs coming from the ad-
Joining room. Hastily repairing to the
acene of trouble, he was about to in
ouire what on earth the matter was.
vhen In muffled tones canes the heart
broken accents Of the bride:
.-Oh. how dare you speak to me that
Gay. you horrid thing. I'm going
The Oakes times., 1913-05-15
And 1t Wasn't Hubby At All

straight home to m-moth-" and the
balance was smothered again in the
sympathetic pillow.
The astonished groom stood, gaping
and speechless, while the sobbing was
resumed. Just then, waited in by the
gentle morning breeze, came this dull
Get admonishment from the street be-
low: Get up. you blankety-blink-
blank lazy houn' pup. yuh! How do
you expect me to get anywhere? D'you
think you kin stay here all day, yoh
blankety-zip-whoop-blank. etc!"
The shout of laughter that broke
the tense silence in that bridal apart
ment made even the aggrieved bride
sit up In her misery and negligee and
take notice Of her convulsed brute"
of a husband. Indignation was begin
ming to flame high in her eyes when
he recovered his breath enough to tell
her to just listen a moment. She lis
tened to the choicest bit of profanity
the teamster had yet relieved his sys.
tenn of.
"oh." she gasped. and before the
The Oakes times., 1913-05-15

saw the rowboat move out from un-
der the stern. but he saw no more. He
thought 1t must have grown very
| dark.
When Jimsy regained sight and con-
seriousness. which happened not more
than three minutes after he lost them.
he found himself supported affection
ately against somebody's shoulder,
and voice-the Voice of all voices
he most loved-was in his ears.
Here am. dear. Do not die! I
have come-come to stay. If you want
me. James. dearest!" And bending
over him was face-the very Vision
of his dream. Look at me. speak to
me. James, dear!"
The voice was a bit hysterical. but
the face was eloquent, loving. adoring.
1t was too good to be true. though Jim
was disposed to let the illusion pro-
long itself as far as possible. He put
up his hand and smoothed her face
gently. in gratitude at seeing 1t kind
once more. Then he smiled foolishly.
IT'S great. isn't IT," he remarked
namely, before thinking 1t necessary
to remove his head Her face was
still the face of tenderness. full Of
yearning. 1t did not change. She
took handkerchief from her pocket
and carefully pressed 1t to his cheek
and chin. When she took it away, he
saw that IT was red.
Lord. what a mess I'm making!"
he exclaimed. trying at last to sit up.
AS he did so, it all came back to him
the flying shadow, the gun, the
struggle. He leaned over to peer again
through the crossed wires of the deck
railing. down into the water. He
turned back with an amazed express
sion.
did he jump overheard, honest
true. hanging on to that spike?"
Neither Aleck nor Agatha could
say. nor yet Mr.. Chamberlain. who
had been searching the yacht.
Wherever 1t was, the rusty marline-
spike had disappeared. The rowboat.
too. had gone into the darkness. Jim
got up, dazedly thinking for mo-
ment that 1t was necessary for him
to give chase, but he quickly sat down
on the sail-cloth again, overcome with
faintness and dark pail before his
eyes.
"You are not hurt badly?" The
voice was still tender, and it was all
for him! AS Jim heard it, the pail
lifted, and his buoyant spirit came
back to Its own. He laughed ring
ingly.
Lord, no, not hurt But"
"But what? What did you wish to
say?"
"Is it true? Are you here. by me.
to stay?"
For answer she pressed his hand
to her lips.
Aleck and Chamberlain, once as
sured that Jim was safe, went below
to make search. and Jim and Aga
tha were left together on the sail
cloth. AS they sat there. a young
moon shone out delicately in the west,
and dropped quickly down after the
lost sun.
TITS the first moon we've seen to-
gether!" said Jim.
But we've watched the dawn"
"Ah, yes; and such dawn!"
Little by little, as they sat togeth.
er. the story of the fight came out
Jim told 1t bit by bit, not eager. When
1t was done, Agatha was still puzzled.
"Why should he come here? What
could he do here?"
Il don't know, though we shall prob
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+ Invention of Corn Broom

brush with knife and a hoe. after
which he made his brooms. He made
the complete broom, including the
handles, and grew his own fax for the
twine. the whole costing him little.
Believing that his neighbors would re-
fuse to buy the new kind Of broom,
Dickinson in 1898 peddled his brooms
in Williamsburg, Ashfield and Con.
way. The next year he carried them
to Pittsburg. The new brooms took,
for as soon as housewives found how
much better they were over the old
husk or birch broom they would buy
no other. Other men went into the
business and new industry was born
in Hadley. Dickinson lived until 184s,
long enough to see the Hadley or corn
broom in use all over the country,
and the same broom, with improve.
ments. is still in use"
The Oakes times., 1913-05-15
Moons Influence on Tides
and sun, the phases of which occupy q
month.


But 1t has no such action on the
fimsy vapors of the air. An immense
number of exact numerical details, de-
pending on the weight of the moon, its
position, and movements in relation to
the earth at successive moments, con-
sequently of its action in producing
the tides of the sea, have been ascer-
tained with astounding accuracy. At
the same time astronomers and me.
teorologists Chose who study the at.
mosphere Of our earth) have come to
the conclusion that what we call "the
weather" is not affected by the posi-
tion Of the moon in regard to the
earth. either at any hour of the day or
any part Of the month (phase or
quarter" of the noon. or at any part
of the year.
The Oakes times., 1913-05-15
Love Of Books.

Book love, my friends, Is your pass
to the greatest, the purest and the
most perfect pleasure that God has
prepared for his creatures. 1t lasts
when all other pleasure fade. It will
support you when all other recrea.
tions are gone. 1t will last you until
your death. 1t will make your hours
pleasant to you as long as you live
Anthony Trollope.
The Oakes times., 1913-05-15
Alfonso pi.reaard. Plot.

Paris, May S.-Undeterred by the.
discovery of an alleged anarchist plot.
to assassinate him, King Alfonso XIII,
of Spain arrived here yesterday for a
state visit of three days to PreAdent
Poincare of France.
The Oakes times., 1913-05-15

The Roros copperworks made not
profit during the year 1912 Of 2l3,3S6
crowns, which is indicative Of the ex-
cellent showing made by most Of tho
factories of Norway, which have not
been handicapped by labor disputes
and strikes.
An immense cement factory is to DO
established at Birkenes in Sondhord-
land. Concrete building stone will be
the principal output of the factory,
and the capacity will be $4,000 stones
daily.
Hans Glestad of Ringsaker has sold
a two year old horse to the Hede-
marken agricultural exhibition society
for the goodly sum of 10000.
The city Of Trondhjem is negotiat-
ing temporary loan for 100000
crowns for municipal purposes.
A new paper mill, with capital Of
100000 crowns behind it, will be es-
taSlished at Drammen.