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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1914-02-27
Ash Wednesday.

Few OF the yaunger generations are
the students of Historical facts they
should be, and not many Of them
could give An explanation of Ash
Wednesday if called upon to do so
They probably woah say il is the
first day of Lent, and that would bs
all the information they could givs
February 2kth is Ash Wednesday .hi,
year.
Tho conneetion Of the day with ash
or ashes, seems to be that ashes which
had been blessed, were sprinkled up
on the heads of worshippers in the
sixth century. The form of a cross
too, was traced with ashes upon thei,
foreheads, the main object apparently
haveing been to remind them that
their bodies were but "dust and ash
o." On this day, also, noted sinner.
protesting penitence had to appear in
church, clothed in sack cloth, and
with tears, solicit absolation. From
this custom came the phrase we hear
even to this day, sin sack cloth anc
ashes"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1914-02-27
Heavy Snowfall

Sometime Saturday night it begar
showing aud Sunday morning quite
= heavy mantle of the beautiful lay
on the ground. 1t continued snow
ing practically all day Sunday and
while it was accompanied by consic.
erable OF breeze which drifted the
snow considerable in places, in all
about ten inches of snow fell, yeild
ing lilo Of an inch of precipitation.
This was the heaviest snowfall we
have had here since the memorable
storm of last March. 1t was quite
cold, the thermometer registering
below zero all day Sunday, but the
snow was god send to the country
1t ought to fill all the dams with
plenty Of water. Up to This time we
have not heard OF any stock losses
oscasioned by the storm, but presume
there were some isolated losses.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1914-02-27

According to statement Just is.
sued by the Iowa department of agri.
culture the eggs produced by the
hens of Iowa during 1913 were worth
more money than was the output OF
the gold mines Of Alaska California
on any other state for that matter
What Iowa has done, South Dakota
can do. Get bunch OF hens and
they will keep the wolf from the door
snd will help you start a bank ac
count. Mellette county ought to be
exporting instead of importing eggs
The way To get on the right road tt
prosperity is to have something tc
sell instead Of being compelled Il
buy your every need.
As We go to press it is again snow
ing and it looks very much as i
slough before this issue reaches ou
readers there would be a full sizet
blizzard raging. Wednesday ans
Wednesday night were exceptionall,
warm and "Wednesday night we hat
. slight shower.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1914-02-27
The Pasture VIII Be Good So Get
Them Cows.

IAem lows.
With this heavy fall OF snow that
We have just had assures us plenty
OF grass this coming season for pas.
ture and hay, and the homesteader
who will make arrangements for ten
or twelve good milch COWS and get a
separator and sell cream will have no
cause to worry. and he can stick and
make good. Our salt grass is . good
milk and cream producer, and if our
people here would but take advantage
of the natural advantages that this
country offers them they would soon
bs independent. There is no reason
Why this country, and especially Mel.
lette county should not become known
AS "The land Of the big cream check. "
If someone would start q oampaign OF
educsti0i and preach cooperation
along thsss lines ii seems to US it
would be great boon to this country
and would mean the making of rich
empire. Stick by the homestead,
the beef steer and his sister, the milch
COW and the helpful hen, and in loss
than ten years you will be seeking
linvestmsnss for your surplus fund,
and living in comfort and case.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1914-02-27
About The Free And Enlarged Home
Stead Bills

There is hardly a day passes but
what someone has asked the Editor
what he knows about Senator Ster
ling's bill, which, if it becomes a law
will give all the homesteaders on In
dian reservation lands in South Da:
kots free homesteade, and also re-
garding the bill that is known as the
Enlarged Homestead Act, which, If
it becomes law will entitle ever,
homesteader to file on 80 acres IN.
stead of l60 acres. Personally we
have been OF the opinion that both OF
these bills would eventually become
law, but just when, We were some.
what in doubt. Recently we wrote
Senator Sterling a. Washington, re.
garding these two bills aud ON Mon
day we received u reply to our query
In regard to the free Homestead
Act, the Senator's owu bill, he states
that be hopes and believes tha. II
will be passed at this present session,
although its passage eau hardly Or
looked for befor- late in the session.
He says there will be- some opposition
TO the measure from Senators aud
Representatives in the east and south
who hardly understand conditions
out here, but he does not think it will
be sufficient to defeat the bill. Many
OF our homesteaders were very anx
ious to see this bill become a law be-
fore April lst. so az to relieve them
from making the second payment on
their homesteads, which will fall due
during April on all filings that were
made during April, 1912, and accord
ing to the Information we gathered |
at the Land Office at Gregory, this
payment must be made when due, the
opening act of Mellette and Bennett,
county differs from the act opening |
TriPp county. In Tripp county the
homesteader VAS previleged to defer
his payments by paying interest on |
the same, but this is not true in the
act opening this county, no provision
was made for deferring any OF the
90 there is nothing left
for the homesteader to do but pay bis
second payment when it falls due.
This will prove real hardship in
many cases, and may force some to
make proof on their lands that other
wise would have taken advantage of
the three or five year law. It seems !
to be the impression that congress
will adjourn some time in June, and
If this be true, and Senator Sterling
succeeds in having his bill passed at
this session, our people should have
free honssseads by July at the very
latest.
With reference 10 Senator Craw-
ford's enlarged homestead act, he
says that this bill has passed the SEN
ate and that he popped to tako the
matter up with the House Lands Com
mittee at an early date and have them
report the bill favorably for passage. |
The House at the last regular session |
passed similar bill introduced by |
Congressman Martin, and there is no |
good reason to beliove that they will
not pass similar bill introduced in |
the Senate by Senator Crawford at |
this session, as soon AZ i. is reported |
by the committee.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1914-02-27
The First Widows Pension

The FIRST widows pension granted
in Msliette county was granted to
Mrs. Katherine Buxssl of Farley y
Judge Manson today. She will re
csive $500 per month.
The law in this state il shat need
y widow with minor children under
a certain age can upon approved sp'
plication draw from the county $500
for the first child and S7,00 apiece fol-
all others. -Mellette County News.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1914-02-27

The Mexico situation seems to be-
gettipg.moss serious problem daily.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
BABY HAD SCALP TROUBLE

Carthage, Texas.-"My little girl had
some kind of breaking out on her head
that came in white blisters and when
the blisters burst they formed some
thing like scales. If l washed her
head and combed the scales of they
would come again in just a few days.
The trouble looked something like
dandruff but was hard and scaly and
,%hen the scales would come off all of
the hair came also and would leave
the head raw.
Il had tried salves which only soft
|ened the scales so I decided to use
|Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
washed her head with warm water and
Cuticura Soap and then applied the
Cuticura Ointment and let it remain
over night. ! used only one box of
Cuticura Ointment and one bar of
Cuticura Soap and her head was We'll"
(Signed) Mrs. Luella Biggs, Jan. %,
l1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept L. Boston. ADV.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
INEXPENSIVE SULPHUR BATHS
AT HOME

People travel long distances and
spend large sums of money to secure
the benefits of sulphur springs and
baths because for generations sulphur
has been known to be one of natures
most valuable curatives unequalied as
blood purifier. By dissolving to 4
tablespoonful of Hancocks Sulphur
Compound in hot bath you get the
same effect and your system absorbs
the sulphur through the pores of the
skin. For prickly heat and summer
skin troubles of infants and children
use teaspoonful of the Sulphur Com
pound in bowl of warm water. This
makes refreshing bath and quickly
alleviates the pain. Sold by all deal
ers soc. bottle. Hancock Liquid SUI
phur Co., Baltimore, Md-Adv.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
Good Eatinn-

"Metchnikoff, the Metchnikoff of
sour milk fame, is soon to celebrate in
Paris" said Paris correspondent on
furlough in New York, his SEVENTEEN
birthday.
Since his sixtieth birthday, when he
began his sourmilk regime, Metchni-
koff has not aged On the contrary, he
has become rejuvenated.
TO the committee that has in
charge the splendid honors of his
birthday celebration, Metchnikoff gave
some advice on the benefits of frugal
eating-the benefits of taking no alco-
hol, very little meat, and an abundance
of well cooked green vegetables. And
he ended his lecture with this crystal
of wisdom
Good eating makes more pessi-
>nists than bad luck
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
RAISE ORPHAN COLT
ON MILK FROM cow
Task May Be Performed Sue.
coSSfully if Proper Care ana
Patience Are Used.
(By w. d. NEALE.)

An orphan colt can be raised by
hand successfully if little care is
taken. 1t should be fed on cows milk
but the COW should be fresh if pos
sible.
Do not feed the milk at its normal
strength, but weaken with one-third
water-that is, to two parts milk put
one part warm water.
The mixture should be sweetened a
little with sugar and given when
about the temperature of a mares
milk
At the end of two weeks, the qu1n.
tity of water may gradually be re.
duced and the amount of milk in.
creased until the water is left off al
together Don't forget to sweeten the
milk at all times.
Whenever possible the milk should
be given Immediately after milking ii
from the COW. If It is desired, a fresh
egg may be added three times a day
1t will be a strengthened and will
make the colts hair sleek and glossy
The quality of milk given should be
governed by ones judgment Some
colts require more than others, but be
careful not to overfeed, for the colt
may get the scours. Until the colt is
a month old, it will be necessary to
feed it three or four times each day.
To teach the colt to drink from a
pail is not very great task. Put your
finger in his mouth and lower your
hand into the milk He will get
taste Of the milk and soon you can
slip your finger from his mouth and
he will proceed without you.
If he proves obstinate, wrap a goose
quill with strip of cloth and use it
as nipple in bottle, or purchase
nipple from the drug store.
Good care must be taken of the pail
from which the colt drinks. 1t should
be scalded each time it is used
Never use sour or skinned milk, |
if you would avoid bowel troubles.
Give clean water between feeds. Let
him run in the yard and soon he will |
be nipping the green grass.
After while he will be eating dry |
bran from your hand if you put lit
tie sugar in it.
Soon you will be able to feed him
some grain and then your hardest
work is over.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21

A great many horses are laid up
again this summer with sore shoulders
This can be remedied in a very large
measure with sense and care.
A good horse collar is the main part
of the harness and it should be of the
very best kind and fit the animals
neck perfectly.
The collar should be kept clean at
all times and the horses shoulders
we'll washed and brushed daily.
Much dust and dirt arise in the
fields and on the roads at this season
and these are caught and held on the
moist and sweaty shoulders and col
lar. there to form hard Jumps and
ridges.
Every time the collar is put on the
horse it should be examined for these
Jumps and ridges. If any found they
should be carefully brushed and rubbed
away.
After each days work, especially in
warm weather, battle and clean the
shoulders with a mixture of warm
water, salt and soda
A little alum and fannie acid, the
juice from the bark or leaves of oak
or willow trees, will heal and tougher
the skin and should be applied with
warm water.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21

Hot water is one of the best known
natural agents for relieving soreness
due to sprains, bruises, and excessive
pressure of the animal body Salt
and soda are healing and disinfectine
agents
Regularity of work counts in every
thing, and especially in the handling
of animals.
The horse that is worked regularly
acquires strong muscles ard tough
shoulders.
Many farmers allow their work
horses to remain idle for several days
or even weeks at a time, and then
Immediately put them into hard serv.
ice.
Never give grain to 2 tired horse
Let him rest and nibble hay for az
hour or two first.
A horse that has been idle for sew.
eral days should be given very light
and moderate work for the first day OF
two so that the muscle and skin viii
regain their strength and toughness.
1t is a better plan to arrange son4t
work for the horses daily. In this
way their bodies never become soft
and weak, hence they seldom become
i'll or injured and are always in train.
ing for efficient service.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
ORIGIN OF SEVERAL
OF N0XIOUS WEEDS
PIaintain Has Become Remark
able for Following Civilized
Man All Over World.
(By BELLE P. DRURYa


Many OF our most troublesome
weeds are introduced plants. 1t is a
curious fact that the migrations OF
man have often been traced by study
of such plants
The American Indians, it is said,
called plantain the footsteps of the
whites because it followed the Euro
pean colonists. 1t has become natural
lied and is remarkable for following
civilized man all over the world.
The daisy is another weed of cult
walton, as is also shepherds purse,
whose wild type has disappeared.
Purslane is not considered a weed
in England, or at least it is used as
a pot herb. Its flowers open only in
the morning. 1t is troublesome on
account Of it's prolificacy and rapid
maturity. 1t will live and even ma
ture seed after it is pulled up. 1t has
been estimated that one plant will
produce 1,250,000 seed
Goosefoot, fennel and the nettle fol-
low the European wherever he goes.
Our common mullen is a noxious
weed, which some unknown enemy to
the plant doubtless keeps in check, as
otherwise its large number of seeds
would spread with greater rapidity.
There are several varieties. On &C.
count of it's soft leaves, it is called the
velvet plant" in England.
Why the Canadian thistle is so
difficult to kill can be readily UNI
derstood when its structure is
considered 1t is called the cursed
thistle and deserves the name, be-
cause while other thistles are an
nual or biennial, this one has a Pc
rennial horizontally branching under
ground runner, SO that when the slen-
der, perpendicular root is pulled up,
this is by no means the end of the
plant, for the runner ramifes and
sends up its branches to the surface.
The only way to kill it is to cut the
radical leaves. Cattle dislike this weed
so much that they will not feed any
where near it.
Some farmers are not vigilant as
they might be in waging war upon
poison ivy. The task of exterminat-
ing so thrifty vine is certainly diff
cult, for it chambers over fences,
weaves itself into hedges, and from
secret places, like an enemy in am
bush, sends forth it's harmful influence.
Its poisonous properties are exhaled in
vapor, especially on damp days or
dewy mornings. The wind seems to |
bear the poison on it's breath, and sim
ply to be in the vicinity of the vine
is, to some persons, to be inoculated
with it.
1t is fortunate that wherever a pois- |
onous weed grows, it's antidote is
not far away. Near the treacherous
ivy, blooms the virulent nightshAde,
whose bruised leaves may be used as
remedy in some cases, with good
effect; as may be also the leaves of ,
the common plantain.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
No Menace in sanatorium.

DR.. Edward l.. Trudeau, who built
the first tuberculosis sanatorium in
the United States in 1885, says:
When l bought the first land on
which the Adirondack Cottage sanato-
rum is built, paid S25 an acre for it,
but the price was then thought alb
surdly high. My last purchase of five
acres cost me $4,000 To my knowl-
edge, there has never been an employee
who came to the sanatorium in sound
health who developed tuberculosis
while there; and a sanatorium can no
more endanger the health of the neigh
borhood in which it is built, even if
the residences are at its very gates,
than it could if it were placed on top
of a high mountain miles away from
habitation."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
WOULD MAKE A POLITICIAN
Little WiIIie's Capacity for Sticking to
One Idea SinguIarly Like Way
of Rabid Partisan.

THE late Adlai E. Stevenson" said
Republican leader of Bloomington,
hadn't, after all much use for poll
tics. He once explained to me why
this was
He said that party politicians be-
lieved their side to be always right,
and the other side to be always wrong.
Whatever the other side advocated, it
was hossible and Internal; whatever
their own side advocated was holy.
He said the partisan couldn't un-
derstand that you might arrive at the
the right thing by more ways than
one-and thus the partisan was like
the urchin whose teacher said:
Willie, what does six plus four
maker
Eleven
No. Try again
Twelve.
"No.'
Thirteen
No, no, no. You're just guessing.
But why couldn't you have guessed
that six plus four makes ten?"
Because it don't make ten, said
Willie. Five and five makes ten-I
remember that"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
Home.Made Garden Roller.

Take sound piece OF hardwood log,
Is to IS inches long and.a foot or more
in diameter. Make it round and smooth.
Insert iron pins or bolts at each end.
Take two pieces of wagon tire, make
hole in one end of each to slip over
the pin or belt, and bend the pieces
at the other end SO az to fasten to a
handle, made like spade handle, with
piece of wood put through the upper
end to hold it by Care should be
taken that the log can roll easily in
side the iron pieces. This will level
the ground and crush the clods in
the garden bed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
DISAPPEARED
Coffee Ais Vanish Before Postum.

1t seems almost too good to be
true, the way headache, nervousness,
insomnia. and many other obscure
troubles vanish when coffee is dis
missed and Postum used as the regu-
lar table beverage.
The reason is clear. Coffee con-
tains a poisonous drug-caffeine-
which causes the trouble, but Postum
contains only the food elements in
choice hard wheat with a little mo-
lasses.
A Phila man grew enthusiastic and
wrote as follows:
Until Is months ago / used coffee
regularly every day and suffered from
headache, bitter taste in my mouth,
and indigestion; was gloomy and irri-
table, had variable or absent appetite,
loss of flesh, depressed in spirits, etc.
Il attribute these things to coffee,
because since l quit it and have drank
Postum l feel better than had for
20 years, am less susceptible to cold,
have gained 20 lbs. and the symptoms
have appeared-vanished before
Postum"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
REGULAR Postum-must be well
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum-is soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious bever-
age instantly. goo and SOC tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds Is
about the same.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by GrocerR
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
Invitation and Answer.

Mr. F. c. Phillips in his book, My
Varied Life" tells how the late Sir
George Honeyman, an infamous
writer, sent down from the bench to
a friend of his, a leading O. c.,
little note. Not able to make head
nor tail of it, the barrister scribble6
something equally undecipherabIe
upon a half-sheet of note paper, aud
passed it up to the Judge Sir Georgs
looked annoyed, and when the court
rose, said to his friend: What de-
you mean by this? ! asked you e.
come and dine with me tonight"
Yes said the barrister, and re-
piled that l should be extremely glad
to do So" /,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
MAKING Il Complete,

Mr. Fred Kerr, the actor, was play
ing at Ranelagh, and at the Lake
hole drove eight successive balls
straight into the water. He had no
more left in his bag, and there was
nothing more to be done-except
one thing. Selling his bag of clubs,
he walked dramatically to the lakes
edge. Then in a broken voice he
said:
"Old pond, have these as we'll" and
turning, with sigh, walked home.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
Possible Chance.

A young man who last month re-
celVed his diploma has been looking
around successfully for a position,
employment and a job. Entering an
once the other day he asked to see
the manager, and while waiting for
that gentleman to become disengaged
he said to the Office boy:
DO you suppose there is any open
ing here for college graduate?"
We'll, dere will be-" was the reply,
If de boss don't raise me salary to
tree dollars week by termorrer
night. Boston Evening Transcript
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
On the Cane,

Station-Master-You can go by any
past five train leave?
Station-Master-Fi ve-thirty.
Passenger-Well,t the new church is
q minutes past, the post office clock is
% minutes past, and your clock is 80
minutes past. Now, in the name of
goodness, what clock am l to go by?
Standardization can go by any
clock you like, but you can't go
by the train-it's gone. = Pearson's
Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
Unreasonable,

George Bernard Shaw is one of the
few vegetarians who have remained
true to the faith, and in a recent letter
to a woman, reproaching her for her
fight against the aigrette when she
still ate meat, Mr.. Shaw said:
THE lack of logic prevails every
where! We call the tiger a ferocious
and ravaging beast, but what would
you ladies be called if, for example,
the lamb chop had a voice?"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
The Difference.

A man whose income is $500 year
or over is entitled to be called gen.
tleman in England. A man who earns
that much is entitled to be called a
gentleman in America
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
The Drawback.

Il see where the women abroad arr
offering to fight at the front. buf
women will never make soldiers"
And why not?"
For one thing, each one would stop
in hot engagement to powder her
nose"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
Mioht Be a New Drink.

Say, Bill, what's a mixed meta
ph2y?"
te{Oat's a new one on me. Let's go
bJer an ask de bartender"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21

The gentleman with the clovcn hoof
may trot with the gentleman who has
cloven breath.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak. W91tery
|just Eve Comfort Write for Book of the Eye
|by mail Free Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21
Fathers Wise.

PA, what is the short and ugly
word?"
Pay my son. Birmingham Age
Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-08-21

Never refuse to marry a girl be-
cause her father is rich. 1t is false
modesty.