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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-17
HAPTER TX.
Damory Court,

OdN1OTy SOuTts
Oars Danny Co'ot smack-dab
ahaid, suh."
John Valiant looked up. Facing
them at an elbow Of the broad road,
was an old gateway Of time-nicked
stone, c~lasping an iron gate that was
quaint and heavy and red with rust.
He put out his hand.
Wait a moment" he said In a low
voice, and as the ~creaking conveyance
stopped, he turned and looked about
him.
Facing the entrance the land fell
away sharply to a miniature valley
through which rambled a willow-bor-
dered brook, In whose shadows short
horned cows stood lazily. Beyond,
whittier wound the Red Road, he
could see a drowsy village, with a
spire and a cupolaed courthouse; and
farther yet a yellow gorge with a
wisp Of white smoke curling above
it marked the course of a crawling
far-away railway.
"Et's err moughty fine Of place. sub,
mid dat big revenue OBJ trees" said
Uncle Jefferson. But All reck'n ct
ain got none OBJ de modern comfy
ances."
AS Valiant jumped down he was
possessed by an odd sensation Of old
acQuaintance-as If he had seen those
tall white columns before-an illu-
sorry half-vision into some shadowy,
fourth-dimensional landscape that be-
longed to his ~subconscious self, or
that, glimpsed In some immaterial
dream. picture. had left a faint-etched
memory. Then, on a sudden, the vista
vibrated and widened, the white col
umns expanded and shot up into the
clouds. and from every bush seemed
to peer a friendly black savage with
woolly white hair!
"Wishing-House!" he whispered.
The hidden country which his fathers
thoughts, sadly recurring, had painted
to the little child that once he was,
In the guise of an endless wonder
tale! His eyes misted over, and 1t
seemed to him that moment that his
father was very near.
Leaving the negro to unload his be-
longings, he traversed an overgrown
path of messed gravel. between box
rows frowsled like the Inc Of lions
gone mad and smothered In an &C
emulation of matted roots and debris
Of rotting foliage. and presently. the
bulldog at his heels, found himself
In the rear of the house.
"Mine!" he said aloud with a rueful
pride. And for general rundown
ness, it's up to the advertisement
He looked musingly at the piteous
wreck and ruin. his gaze sweeping
down across the barred fields and un
kempt forest. "Mine!" he repeated
All that, ! suppose, for 1t has the
same earmarks Of neglect. Between
those cultivated stretches 1t looks like
a wedge of Sahara gone astray." Hill
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Yes" she agreed, with a little sigh,
I've lived. I've had Shirley. and she's
twenty and adorable. And I've had
people enough, and books to read, and
plenty Of pretty things to look at, and
old lace to wear, and I've kept
my figure and my vanity-Tm not too
old yet to thank the Lord for that,
So don't talk to me about worsted
shawls and horrible arctics. For /
won't yea EN-. Not II / know my
self! Here comes Shirley. She's
made two juleps. and If you're a gen
tleman, you'll distract her attention
till I've got rid Of mine In my usual
way"
= .
The major, at the foot OF the cherry
bordered lane, looked back across the
boX-hedge to where the two figures
sat under the ~rose-arbor, the mothers
face turned lovingly down to Shirley's
at her knee. He stood a moment
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Wjtte on War.

Count Witte, the famous Russian
statesman, estimates that 40 per cent
of the total income Of the great pow
ers is absorbed by their armies and
navies. OF the consequences he writes:
When and how will it all end? I'm
less the great states which have set
this hideous example agree to call 4
halt, so to say, and knit their subjects
into a pacific, united Europe, war is
the only issue l can perceive. And
when / say war, / mea a conflict
which will surpass in horror the most
brutal armed conflicts known to hui
man history and entail distress more
widespread and more terrible than liv.
ing men can realize"
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CHAPTER Viii.

What Happened Thirty Years Ago
When Shirley came across the lawn
al Rosewood. Major Montague Bristow
sat under the arbor talking to her
another.
Tho major was masslye-framed
with a strong Jaw and a rubicund
complexion the sort that might be
~yupposed to have attained the utmost
benefit to be conferred by a consist.
ent indulgence in mint juleps. His
blue eyes were piercing and arched
with brows Ike sable |Tainbows, at
variance with his heavy iron-gray hair
and imperial His head was leonine
and he looked like a king who has
humbled his enemy 1t may be added
that his linen was fine and immacu-
Gate, his black striug-tie precisely tied
and a pair Of gold-rimmed eyeglasses
swung by a fiat black cord against his
white waistcoat.
Shirley. said her mother, the ma
3or's brutal. and he shan't have his
mint-iulep."
What has he been DOING asked
ahe other, her brows wrinkling In a
delightful way she had.
lie has reminded me that I'm grow
ang old"
Shirley looked al the major skep,
ideally. for his chivalry was I'M
doubted. During a long career In law
and legislature 1t had beer said of
him that he could neither speak on
The tariff question nor defend a man
for murder. without first paying a
tribute to the women OF the South,
sab"
Nothing OF the sort, he rumbled.
Mrs. Dandridge's face softened to
usefulness. shirley, am II" she
asked, with a quizzical. almost a droll
uneasiness. Why. I've got every emo
tion I've ever had | read all the new
French novels. and I'm even thinking
Of going In for the militant suffragette
movement
The girl had tossed her hat and
crop on the table and seated herself
by her mothers chair. What was 1t
ne said. dearest?"
re JNluHS l OuSnt 10 wear q WOr-
Sted shawl and arctlcs." Her mother
thrust out one little thin-slippered foot.
with It's slender ankle cleaning
Through It's open-work stocking like
mother-of-pearl. Imagine! In May.
And he knows I'm vain OF my feet.
Major. IL you had ever had a wife,
you would have learned wisdom. But
you mean we'll, snd I'll take back what
said about the julep. You mix 1t,
Shirley. You're Is even better than
Ranston's."
She makes ne one every day, Mon.
~" she cont sued, as Shirley went
Into the house And when she isn't
looking, | pour Il into the bush there"
Major Bristtw laughed as he bit
the end of a cigar. "All the same"
he said In hi9 big rumbllng voice.
"you need EN- ! reckon. You need
more than MINI juleps. too You leave
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Snow Will Not Quench Thirst.

The water which will allay our
burning thirst augments it when con-
by explorers Of the Arctic regions
that the natives prefer enduring the
utmost extremity Of thirst rather than
attempt to remov 1t by eating snow"
Yet II the snow Is melted it becomes
d~rinkable water. Nevertheless, al
though, If melted before entering the
mouth, it assuages thirst like other
water. when melted in the mouth 1t
has the opposite effect. To render
this paradox more striking, we have
only TO remember that ice. which
melts more slowly in the mouth. Ia
very efficient in allaying thirst.
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Ceoend Of Aconite.

Aconite is classed by homeopathic
authorities as the patriarch of drugs,
as far as literature is concerned. II
is told how Hercules went down to
the lower regions and carried the
three-headed hound Cerberus to the
upper world. That ferocious beast was
raging at this treatment. and the froth
that fell to the ground was the origin
of aconite. for 1t grew up from the
froth as from seeds. 1t was on a
bleak. windswept hill OF mountain. and
it Is in such regions that rhe~phana
grows today. This hill. In Pontica, was
known In oldep days az 'Aconito-"
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fhe whiskey TO me- and the doctor. and
you taks Shirley and pull out for
ptaly. Why not2 A year there would
do you a heap Of good"
She shook her head No, Monty.
III isn't what you think. ~It's-here."
iShe lifted her hand and touched her
theart. It's been so for a long time.
tBut IL may-it can't go on forever.
Hou see. Nothing can"
The major had leaned forward In
(his chair. Judith" he said. and his
hand twitched. 1T isn't truel" And
khen. How do you know"
She smiled at him. "You remember
when that big surgeon from Vienna
lcame to see the doctor last Year,
We'll. the doctor brought him to me.
pa known it before In a way. but II
Mac gone farther than thought. No
lone can tell just how long 1t NAV be.
Vt Ufay be years, Of course, but I'm not
taking any Q trips. Monty"
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which illustrate better than anything
else this durable quality. They are
both from a wreck which was sub
merged eighteen years off the west
coast Of Scotland. The ole specimen
-greenheart-is merely slightly pit
ted on the surface, the body Of the
wood being perfectly sound and un-
touched, while the other-teak-is al
most entirely eaten away.
1t is extensively used in shipbuild-
ing for keelsons. beams, engine bear
ings and planking. and it is also used
in the general arts. but Its excessive
weight units 1t for many purposes for
which it's other properties would rem
der 1t eminently suitable.-Below the
Rio Grande.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-17

Il ucAt IOOIu tudl Ht tutSItu Nao
big and wide, a place of dark colors,
nobly smutched Of time. 1t had been
at once library and living-room. A
great leather settee was drawn near
the desk and beside this stood a read
ing-stand with a small china dog and
a squat bronze lamp upon it. In con-
trast to the orderly dining-roOm there
was about this chamber a sense OF
untouched disorder-a de~sk-drawer
jerked half-open, a y~ellowed news
paper torn across and flung into a cor
ner, books tossed on desk and lounge,
and In the fireplace a little heap OF
whitened ashes In which charred frag-
ments told Of letters and papers
burned in haste.
Suddenly he lifted his eyes. Above
the desk hung a life-size portrait OF a
man, in the high soft stock and vel
vet collar Of half a century before.
The right eye. strangely. had been cut
from the canvas He stood straight
and tall, one hand holding an eager
hound in leash, his face proud and
ford. his single. cold, steel-blue eye
staring down through its dusty curtain
with a certain malicious arrogance,
and his lips set in a sardonic curve
that seemed about to sheer. 1t was
for an instant as If the pictured figure
confronted the young man who TODD
there, mutely challenging his entrance
into that tOmb-like and secret-keeping
quiet; and he gazed back as fiXedly,
repealed by the craft Of the face, yet
subtly attracted. Il wonder who you
were" he said. You were cruel
Perhaps you were wicked. But you
were strong, too"
He returned to the outer hall to find
that the negro had carried in his
trunk, and he babe him place 1t, with
the portmanteau, in the room he had
just left. Dusk was falling.
Uncle Jefferson" said Valiant alb
ruptly, have you a family?'
NO, sub. Jes' me en- nah oil
CONAN"
Can she cooke"
Cook" The genial litter again
captured his dusky escort. When
she got de fxens, All reck'n she de
beaten'es cook in his heah county"
How would you both like to live
here with me for a while? She could
cook and you could take care of me-
Uncle Jefferson's eyes seemed to
turn inward with mingled surprise and
"introspection. He shifted from one
foot to the other, swallowed difficulty
-.-.. x;o,oo oNoI ooid HAh oin' nnh.
bah seed yo' befo', sub
We'll, | haven't seen you either.
have -"
Oats de trufe, sub, deed ct is!
Hyuh, hyuh. Whut All means ter
say Is dat de OF CONAN kahn cook
no fancy didoes like what dey eats up
MORT. She kin jes' cook de Ferginey
style"
That sounds good to me-" Quoth
Valiant. I'll risk It. Now as to
wages"
"Ah ain specticulous as ter de
wages" said Uncle Jefferson. "Ah
knows er gemman when All sees one
Then it's a bargain" responded Va
liant with alacrity. Can you come at
once?'
Vas. sub, me en- Daph gwineter
come ovah fus' thing IN de mawnin'.
Whut yo'all gwineter do TO- 20 sup
pah?'
"Tll get along" Valiant assured him
cheerfully. Here is five dollars. You
can buy some food and things to
cook with. and bring them with you.
Do you think there's a stove in the
Kitchen"
"Ah reck'n," replied Uncle Jefferson.
EN- eff dar ain Daph kin COOK er
Christmas dinnah wild TO stones en- er
tin skillet. Vas, subj
CTO BE C~ONTINUED)
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watching them from under his
slouched hat-brim.
You never looked at me that way,
Judith, did you" he sighed to him
self. It's been a long time, too, since
| began to want you to-most forty
years. When 1t came to the show
down, l wasn't even as fit as Tom
Dandridgei"
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important 70 M cthera
Had the Riuht Idea.

Small Chris had been given a toy
bank and was told to save all his pen
MES. The next day he said: Mamma.
please give me a quarter"
What do you want 1t for?" she
asked.
Il want" replied the young finan-
cier, Ito get it changed into pennies
to save"
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SYNOPSIS.

Jofu Valiant n rich society favorite.
suddcnly discovers that the Valiant cor
poration, which his father founded and
Which was the principal source Of his
wealth. has failed Tie voluntarily turns
over his private fortune 20 the receiver
Cor the corporation. His Entire remaining
nossesai0us consist OF an old motor car. a
&hite bull dog ana DamCry court, "A neg
sccted estate IN Virginia on the way to
AJamOTY court he mce's Shirley Dand
sidee. an haired beauty. and di-
kidcs tina he Ia goi.g TO like Virginia I'm
ncnsely. An old negro tells Shirley's for
tune and predicts great trouble for her
Dn account Of a man.
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Many a man who poses as a leader
Is merely a driver.
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In the Garden.

"Say, sis, do the flower fairies ride
on the horse chestnuts?"
Eyes, dearie, and they use Lark
spurs"
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DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put up
40 years ago. They regulate and invigorate,
stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated
tiny granules. Adv.
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APPLY SLOANsS FREELY FOR
LU9IBAGO

Your attacks Of 1umbago are not
nearly SO hopeless a. they seem.
You can relieve them almost instant-
" BY a simple application Or Sloan's
Imminent on the back and loins.
Iumbago is a form OF rheuTnatisIn,
and yields perfectly to Sloan s, which
Wenetrates quickly all IN thru the
sore tender muscles, Nnabers up the
back and makes 1T feel fine. Get q
bottle OF Sloan j ointment for rs
cents Of any druggist and have II In
the house against colds, sores and
swollen joints, rheuma tisn. neur al
gia, sciatica and like ailments. Your
money back If not satisfied, but 1t
does give almost instant relief
ues-thrus-fri-wEly
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SIDE LIGHTS ON
TIE WORLDS SERIES

IaIEIaaalallal Ns.ss ssFvIee. - Frank

- ttf1tat sseaFs ssryiee, ny fsfanA
e0 York, Oct Fandom ii
general while lauding the great .Ata-
ssiic machine. and predicting what Il
uiif Dc II me world series, seem q
enHrely overlook the fact that
Geofse Stallings Of the Braves has
nlJled one OF the greapest base
eaIl machines that ever represented
1.-THE National League.
The sta1lings machipe IS new II
Ioesnt run quite as smooth as the
grand PhIladeIphia machine because
- cogs are all new ana all the
rong1lness on some OF the cogs hash t
had time to wear away. But, never
fheless chat Boston machine has a
terrific drive. a terrific power, and
endurance that Is marvellous. And
fapdom via soon md that the Attn
letlc machine hasn't such huge
edge on the little hsralded but great
Boston machine.
The Athletics Yuial probably finish
the season with higher rating than
the Braves. They will have won
more games and lest fewer On the
surface this would seem to show that
ne Athletics are far superior as a
team. But IN digging under the sur
ace. You viii find that the braves
since the latter part Of July have
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LAKE WEIR

Lake Welx. Sept. 30 Mrs. J. W.
Carson, Of Nashville. Tenn. arrived
Thursiay evening to spend the win
ter at her cottage 0 nthe lake.
Or. and Mrs. F. P. Herr. Of Mary
land, arrived Friday, and are pleas
antIy located in one Of lsTrs. Carson :
cottages, unsil their house Is COM
pleted, which they began last spring.
Or. Herr has also contracted for a
boatllaase and dock to be finished
before November LIST.
Miss K l.. Scott returned a few
days ago from Stanton and Rol :
oke, Va, where she had spent the
summer with friends
Mrs. Joe Garnet and son, Donald.
and daughter, Miss Mary, arrived
Friday to spend week with Mrs.
Garnet's sister, Mrs. II. W. Henry,
befre going to Ocala for the winter.
Mrs. r. q. Martin returned home
satp~Hay from Ocala. where she had
srty eek with Mrs. Bette Camp
bel4 - her friends.
Rev. Edward Henderson, assisted
lby Rev. Martin, OF the Baptist
church at Island Grove, VIII hold a
series of meetings at the Baptist
church, beginning Wednesday night.
Rev. r. #. Rogers. or Ocala, viii
conduct the services Sunday mora
ing.
Miss SaIlie Sigmon, Of South Lake
Weir opened the public schol here
this morning with an enrolment Of
80 pupils, and hopes to have at least
40 before the end OF the week
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WHAT WOULD you DO?

There are many times when one
man questions another"s actions and
motives. Men act differently under
different circumstances. The ques-
tion is, what would you do right now
If you had severe cold? Could
you do better than to take Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy 1t is highly
recommended by people who have
used it for years and know its value.
Mrs o. E. Sargent, Peru, Ind. sa IS
chamberlain Cough RemeGy =
worth its weight in gold and ! take
pleasure in recommending it. For
sale by all dealers. adv
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gultanf ssnering Of experience had
develepAd schmidt into one OF the
most reliable FIRST sacfeTs II the
game
staIlings didn't know what Gowdy
could do behind the bat He had TO
experiment He WASH I sure whicn
OF his outfelders we're the three he
Ineeded for regular duty Again he
had TO experiment. The pitching
question was q hard one for him to
solve. He didn't know that the right
combination was James, Tyler and
Rudolph until he had tried out some
Of the others who pitched poorly and
lost games for him
Until the early part OF july Stall
Ilings had to juggle. exLsz4g4..~-, - !
tinker Time ana again a. sss9Resi
to have his machine in working or
der, it would make few perfect ev-
o1utions- then one or another
OF the cogs would slip. He had to
tear the machine down again and re-
bui5d.
It was along about July 7th that
StaI1ings got his machine into real
working order And then he sent Ii
along on It's way. The result was
that the Braves have played the most
sensational baseball in the history
of the game The team, seemingly
hopelessly damned into the last
place, started with the precision of a
clock and the speed of a cyclone.
Terrible and relentless it moved
along, smashing to shreds every bit
OF opposition that offered, never
stopping, never hesitaa7ng in its
whsrlwsnd dash FROM the sowliest
depths to the crest OF the Nasionai
Leage.
When lStallings got his machine
in motion the club, in last place, had
a standing OF % games won and 10
Iosta percentage of .412. The Ath-#
letscs on the same day July 7th
had a standing of s631. having won
Al games ami lost only %.
From that point on 1t is fair to
judge the respective qualities of the
two teams and the Judgment favors
the braves by a healthy margin. On
that day the Athletics were Ia full
games. or 219 points ahead of the
Braves. But look at the standings
today and you will find that the
Braves have reduced that edge to
almost nothing.
The Athletic machine started on a
winning streak at about the same
thine as did the Braves. 1t kept
apace with the Braves for many
weeks AMI then the Philadelphia ma
chin, stopped Something was
|.7rong land something still seems to
I fsSwrong. The Athletics after gain
IN IA lead of nearly IA games over
thet, dearest rivals. seemed to
..crat:::." Weaker teams came along
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Transferable Distinction.

man Look here, when you talked
to me last year. you told me that
the company you were with was
the best III the world Asent-
my dear sir. ii was at thai time,
but the company am now with. hay
ing since had the benefit Of my eervs
ices. has. Of course. taken the honor
away from II.
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DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED
BY local explorations, as they cannot
reach the djJeased portion of the
ear. There is only one way to cure
deafness. and that is by constitution
al remeaies Deafness is caused by
an infiaaned condition of the mucous
lining OF the Epstachian tubes When
this tube is iIlfamed you can hear i
rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing
and when 1t is entirely closed. deaf
ness is the result. and unless the IN
fiammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever:
nsne cases out Of ten are caused by
tatarrh, which is nothing but am in
famed condition Of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give one hundred dollars
for any case of deafness lcaused by
catarrn) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
cuIars free F. j Cheney and Co.,
Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggists,
75c. Take Halt Family pills for
constipation. adv
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BETTER BABIES CONTEST

Have you a baby in your home
If Do read this announcement
The second Better Babies contest,
for Ocala will be held Noy. 18th,
18th and 18th, under the auspices Of.
the Ocala Woman's Club in the new
club house
The Better Babies contest il d
popular yet scientific movement to
insure better babies and q better.
race. 1t consists OF entering, ex-
amining and awarding prizes to
children from six months to three
years on exactly the same basic prin-
cfples that are appliednna live stock
shows. Mere beauty not counf.
Physical and .menta development
only are considered The Better
Babies contest insures better race
of Americans, because It teaches par
ents how to improve the physical
condition Of children It arouses IN
terest IN the conservation of child
life and health, and in all forms OF
child welfare 1t forges coEnecting
ink between parents and teachers,
between home ana the scientific
study Of child life.
Avail yourself Of this splendid OPP
Eortunity enter your baby IA the
contest this year. For further infor
nation and application cards adj
dress, nIrs. r. =. Anderson Ocaia.
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After Four Years Of Diseeursqinu
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Cave
Upm Despair, Hubbard
Came 10 Rescue.

catron, =. II Al Interesting Letter
rom this place, Mrs. Bette Bslloel.
writes a. follows 81 suffered icr ioul
years. win womanIy troubles, and during
this time. ! could only st - al ! little
while. md could not van. anywhere Ii
III. Attimes, wcndd have severe pains
u my l:ft side.
The doctor was called Il. and lis ireat-
ment relieved ne iOr 4 wilma. b.u was
soon confined q ny bed again. After
Gnat nothing seemed to do me any good.
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Merchants Cafe, A. G. l.. depot
corner. Meals la carte and lunches
at any aocr.--Adv.