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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-23
Ferocious Fish in
South America River

(Theodore Roosevelt In his account
OF his South American exploring trip
IN Scribner's for April
Late on the evening Of the second
day of i trip, Just before midnight,
we reached Conception. On this day,
when We stopped for wood Or to get
pr~ovisions-at picturesque places,
where the women from rough mud
ana matched cabins we're washing
clothes in the river, OF where rag
ged horseInen stood gazing ait US from
the bank, or where dark, w~elldressed
ranchmen stood In front 90 red-roofed
-houses---we caught many fish,
They belong to q ct the most Tor
midable genera Of fish IA the world
1.-The piranha 81 caunibal nsh. the fst
that eats men when Il 4 get tfs
change. Further north there az
species OF small piranha that go y
regular schools. but they swnrra in ~
Ethe waters and attain length 2
! eighteen inches or over They ars
n EEEHk RKG ~
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-23
DR.. Campbell Back
From European Trip

Dr. Campbell arrived home from
his siS-months our of Europe last
Saturday, looking as hale and hearty
and a trifle younger than when he
freedom from anxiety and business
cares has evidently done the doctor a
world of good. Mrs. Campbell re.
manned over liz New York to visit
friends foF a few weeks. Miss Olive
Walrath was met at Tew York by
Mr.. and Mrs. Walrath and together
they are taking Sd trip over the east
ern portion of Uncle Sans domain,
taking in Washington aad other in
teresting cities before their return
home.
In talking with Or. Campbell a Sat
uEday News reporter learned THAI on
their outgoing trip they took the
southern route, shipping ogs the SCAN
ada a French liner, which made the
trip from New Yora to Naples in six,
teen days. The route took them
down throu iii the mediterranean, and
the doctor declared it to be in all
ways the most beautiful and wonder,
fuG trip that it is possible TO take.
From Naples thes went 30 Ponf1eii,
Ia most wonderful sightseeing place
Ii is wonderful to- go through these
ruins, the doctor said, and see the
things just as tfsay vera: when the
terrible catastrophe overlook saem
something like sixteen hundred Years
ago. In same respects, am 0 u
prised tha& Pomseiif was destFo
Ii had certainly gotten 10 be one g
the most corrupt and immoral cities
yof which ii is possible to conceive
The countries which they covered
are Belgium. France Germany, Hol
land and Italy. They spent about
month IN each Of the Cities OF Lendon
Vienna, Paris and Berlin, and the bal
anee of the time in Other cities mossi.
in scsathern Europe
The return trip was made on th
aCrown Princess Cecelia," of tn
i North German Lloyd line.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-23
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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-23
Qlautauqua Will be
a Fine Affair

Tie Caautauqua to be put on here
this summer by the Redpath-Nawter
Cl2autauqua system will continue for
seven full days. Tie company fur
nishes all the equipment, advertising
of every kind and programs. The
local boosters make the advance sale
Of season tickets.
The sessions are held under a great
brown tent sox135 feet. AboNt fifty
feet on all sides is stretched a canvas
fence seven feet higa enclosing the
grounds The tents are comfortably
seated with settees, chairs and
benches with lazy backs. There is a
full carload of equipment.
The programs consist of Lectures,
entertainments and music. There
/ will be- a supervisor in charge of the
children and a special session is held
for them daily except Sunday at 8
o'clock a, m. This is called the jun
ior Chautauqua and is intended for
children up to fourteen years.
At ten o'clock the morning lecture
Is given to the general public. These
morning lectures are for the most
part purely literary and educational
They are a kind Of extra not provided
for under the contract.
The regular sessions at tWo7thirts
and at seyen-thirty p. m. consist q
double programs. The first part is
musical with a different company fol-
each day. The lectures and enter.
tainments are the best that can be
I procured and fitted to the best tastes
al crew Of six men accompanies this
equipment. A competent s~uperinten
dent has general charge and courteous
Young men from the colleges and uni
yersities sell tickets, usher to seats
and minister to the comforts Of tbs
people.
: 1T is a genuine Festival Of JOY ant
lasts d whole week. Every precau
tion IS taken to please the people ant
rs I'LL the demand for the best 9
everything.
The advertising consists OF displa.
ads and wrtieups In The newspapers
bill board displays banners, stream
: ers, window decorations, cards POI
e fruits. and handsomeS 2 page souvs
: MIR program booklets which are ger
IA sxnrks nf arr The town will b
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-23
put the chautauqua spirit into the
Terrible Tragedy is
Enacted at Geddes

One of the worst tragedies in the
history of the state occurred last
week at Geddes when Mr.. w. H. Men
zie and Miss Blanch Signal were
found in the burned ruins of a lum-
Der yard office their hands and feet
tied together with wire. It was first
thought that they had been murdered,
but the public sentiment around Ged-
des has now changed to some extent
and it is %suspicioned that it is a case
of murder and suicide, or a suicide
pact.
The c%oroner's jury called by Sher-
if T. w. Rifle examined witnesses
at the fire and the men who discov-
cred the bodies. One of the first men
called was George Raymond, who tes-
tilted that he heard sounds like a
muffled report of a revolver after he
had reached the scene of the fire.
The inquest will probably continue
through tomorrow.
Up to moor the testimony of five
witnesses, who were first on the scene
after the alarm Of fire, was given.
They testified to the following facts:
The fire was discovered at 1850 p.
m; the only Office door in the build
ing was locked; the front window was
intact; the gates at the front of the
yard were closed; the fire was first
seen coming from the sash room
back of the Office, and from the lum-
Der shed across the alley; the ground
between same was ablaze! a corn
crib on the other side was also on
fire. The witnesses left the office i'm
nfediately to assist in saving the
household effects in a residence near
by that was in danger, and did not
break into the office.
Later, the coroner's jury brought in
the following verdict:
1--WE, the jury, find that one of the
fee oft he Farmers Cooperative Ele-
vator company at Geddes, S. D., on
April II, 1914, was that Of William H.
Menzie, that the said William H. Men
zie came to his death as a result of a
bullet fired from a revolver in the
bands of a person or persons unknown
to the jurors which said bullet was
fired into the head and brain of the
said Menzie with felonious and muir
dernus intent, and that the crime of
murder has been committed.
I'VE, the jury, find that one of the
bodies found in the ruins of the office
of the Farmers ~Co-operatice Elevator
Co. at Geddes, I'D, on April II, 1914,
was that OF BIanch Signal, that said
Blaneh Signal came to her death as
the result of fracture upon the right
occipital ~protuberance caused by a
blow from a blunt instrument admin
istered by some person OF persons
unknown to the jurors and admins
tered with felonieus and murderous
intent"
Mr.. Menzfe was an uncte OF Mrs.
]. A. Skinner of this city and was
we'll known here and over the state.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-23

SO, being only thirty feet from safety.
when found, which was on the follow
ing Sunday.
MI. Weeks was born In Trempeieau
county, Wisconsin, on Sept. Il, 1871.
He vas married Feb. q, 1905. to Miss
Della Spark at international Falls,
MINI His wife and two children, d
daughter two months old and d son.
two years old, survive him. His
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-23
Local Happenings

DIR. Hill spent Tuesday of this week
In Clark on professional business.
Mrs. O. Y. North, OF Henry was in
the city the fore part OF the week in
regard to eye trouble.
Amos Treay, of Hazel, IS in the city
fodas receiving treatment for an eye
xrouble,
II i Is for The office you'll find it at
the WATERFOWL Printing and Binding
Co. Ill South Oak Street.
new printype Oliver typewriter
FOR safe cheap, at the Saturday News
office.
Satesflan-Capable specially man
For s D. Staple line OF New and Ex-
c~eptionai terms. Vacancy May /. AT.
tEacttve commission contract S35
weegsg for expenses. Miles f. gix1er
90. 254-17 Carlin Bldg. Cleveland, 0,
ass
Dr. Hill performed an operation on
the little son Of Henry Falvey for
throat trouble the fore part of the
week,
The democratic county central com
mittee have chosen Mr.. John Fl. King
! county chairman and campaign man.
agar. and Mr.. L. w. Stocked treas
snrer.
Mrs. @. P. Gold and daughter, of
Esteliine, have just returned from an
extended trip to Europe; also Egypt
and the Holy Land as we'll as other
points ii the far east.
Should 1T develop that Charge d.
Affaires o'shaughnessey has been as
sassinated there will doubtless be
blood On the Mexican moon for some
little time.
Mrs. Alex DAWSON and daughter,
Ruth. have gone to st, Paul for q few
weeks visit and to attend the grand
opera.
When you are in the city longing
sa11F qutct iSiltohAh5 SiSSP 81 Wy
Besaaort Hotel. Opposite postoffice,
minneapolis. 45
Tne saturday News has a practical
III new No. 5 Oliver typewriter, with
tie new printype. which we will sell
at II sacrifice figure. Anyone inter
ssste6 kindly eall md Inspect It.
Word from Mr.. a. u Plercy IN
forms ia that for The next two weeks
his ADDRESS viii be Balsom Lake, Wis
He also says they have a settlement
Under way with the railroad company
Observation-Disclosures in any lin'
To sell general trade In South Dakota
unexcelied specially proposition. Con
ypission contract. $4,000 weekly 70
-axpenses Continental Jewelrg CO
5s6.aa Continental Building, elevelaIl
xar.ia 45-46
AZ meeting OF the repubiica
central committee Tuesday Mr..
NeilI Was chosen county chairma
and campaign manager, Mr. Fl. 1
xIildabTandt secretary and Mr. +. Y
schreiber treasurer
Ilss Ida Swanson. Of Brooking
las accepted i position with the
Kirwan confectionery store. I'll
makes force of -four young ladi'
employed ID this establishment
They say that Is Snyder IS -
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-23

I Roy Cox, assistant cashier of the
bank at Carpenter, Clark county, was
In the city this morning. Mr.. Cox re-
ports conditions very promising for
a nice crop in southern Clark this
year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank f. Hawley left
this week for Bridgeport, Conn, for
an extended visit at his old home.
Mr.. Hawley's father is getting along
best, SO they planned to visit him at
this time when he had other matters
to attend to In the east.
Mrs. C. NJ. Williams, of Stony Point.
has been suffering for two weeks
with a very acute attack OF erysipelas
in her right arm. The arm is badly
swollen and intiamed and must be
very painful. DIR. O'Bryau is treat
ing it, and informs us, however, thaF
it is mending rapidly now.
You can't beat The HARLEY-DA-
WILSON motorcycles for endurance,
neat appearance, Of easy handling
or riding qualities. Send a card to
Luck & Overhulse, Watertown, S. D.,
for the latest catalogue. They will
bring a machine right to your home
and demonstrate it If you SO request.
Advertisement. 45-47
MIS-. w. II. Williams and little
daughter of Stony Point were IN the
city Tuesday, in company with their
husband and father who came In to
attend the meeting or che republican
central committee of the county. Miss
Williams is about four weeks OLD now
and is one of the prettiest young
ladies it has been our fortune 10 see
for some time.
Some one who possibly had a gFadge.
against Mr.. P. l.. Belts broke into
his barn and destroyed a lot of eggs
he had under hens, and otherwise did
a lot of damage. He reports THAT his
splendid COW and CALF We're nearly
killed. 1t is hard to realize how any
one can convince themselves SO per-
petrate this kind of a Joke"
Miss Ruth DAWSON has resigned
her position in the school Tor the
feeble minded at Redfield and has
returned to her lname In this city
Miss Dawson has for several years
been a teacher in that institution,
and for the last three years has been
principal over the three rooms. She
has an enviable record for efficiency
and able management in her depart.
ment.
The fence enclosing a portion OF the
| street around the new Citizens Ma
tional bank corner has been lowered
| in height about one-half, which is
l. certainly q decided improvement ovel
the former high one. Pedestrians
and occupants Of vehicles can nov
plainly see others coming in the op
|, posite direction, and the chances TO
accidents have been very MATERIAL!
reduced.
Word has Just been received in TIL
lefty Of the death of John Crawford, 9
spokane. Wash, on April 18th, ~
particulars we're given. MI. CraY
ford Vas very well known 70 nearl
1 all our citizens. he having lived her
= for d number of years prior TO thre
or four yeas ago, when he left e
/. The west. He was an active merahe
I'M good standing IN the Workna
lodge Of this city at the time Of a
i death.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-23

and they should be kept in first class
condition all the time. If you have
any trouble with your digestion take
Chamberlain's Tablets and you are
certain to get quick relief. For sale
by all dealers. 42-45
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-23

mother, Mrs. Linda Weeks, brother.
William Weeks and sister, Mrs. Her
man Stee, ct this city also survive
nm They attended the funeral
Wnlch was held at Hager City wis,
interment took place.
lne objects we pursue and the spir.
a1 we manifest reveal our standpoint
|ano sho what we are winning.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-09-24

duce it. Altogether it is the most
pathetic and at the same time the
most interesting paper have ever
read. Sometimes the cry" in
verse or paragraph seems almost too
much, for in reading this paper one
knows that it is the outcome of per-
sonal experience and feeling.
Articles from your own pen l am
always glad to find there, for a part
from the interest they have in them
selves, they help me to know that
the mental condition of the man who
writes them has lost none it's bright
ness, and that his life has not been
narrow one. and too, l am glad to
know that you believe that women
should have the vote-and while in
durance vile have continued to give
of your means to further the suffra-
gist cause; and especially do thank
you for the gift contributed for our
cause here in England. and may you
live to see and enjoy the fruits of
your sowing.
You know of course that there is
much sorrow on this side of the wa
ters. Glad to see peace in America.
Yours faithfully, E. o. p.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-09-24
GERMANY IN GOOD CONDITION

Germany has an area of 2O8, $50
square miles and has 1928, 900 PEG.
pie in her borders. Her total wealth
is estimated at $50, OOO.OOO,OOO and
her national debt is $4,000, 600 900.
Germany's advance in population,
industry and wealth has all been
since the Franco Prussian war 43
years ago. Germany has advanced
more than any other nation in Eu-
rope in the last few years, in every
way except the freedom of her peo-
pie. Particularly striking has been
the spread of German commerce
throughout the world and the build
ing of German merchant ships. AL
though she has only short seacoast
Germany has become the second
maritime power in the world and
has been giving Great Britain a
close race for first place.
Germany has an army of $780,
600 men. all trained to the highest
state of efficiency. Germany is sup
posed to be more ready for war
than any other nation in Europe.
Her navy the second largest in the
world. has 46 battleships, 9 first-class
cruisers and more than 200 other
sea-fghters. 1t is manned by &C.,
700 men. The various fine passen-
ger steamers of the Hamburg-Amer-
lean and North German Lloyd lines
may also be added to the German
navy making a magnificent fleet al
most equal to that of Great Britain.
Russia has an area of 8,647,OOO
square miles and a population of
166,O00,000. Its total wealth is
$40, O00.00O.000 and its national
debt is "a, 100000. Although
Russia is bigger in area and more
numerous in population than either
France or Germany it cannot be
compared with either in wealth or
education. The Russian average
man is the poorest in the world, ex-
cept perhaps the Chinaman.
Yet Russia has an enormous army
the largest in the world, and navy
that has considerable strength.
Russia's army numbers 100000
men, Part of this army was badly
beaten by the Japs only few years
ago, but it is said the Russians learn.
ed much from that war, and that
their army has improved wonder
fully since that defeat. However,
that has yet to be proved. The
Russian navy consists of 81 battle
ships and q first-class cruisers, as
we'll as about 200 other war craft
Elk.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-09-24
THE NACGINC HABIT

Boys don't get into the 'Nagging'
habit. Simply because we see some
peculiarities in fellow man is no
reason why we should be eternaliy
nagging him. There are no men
who are perfect, especially among
the living, and those who have pass
ed on before have ceased to figure
in earthly matters. Men who are
perfect in some things always have
failing of one kind or another.
Therefore, before we start to nagging
the peculiar fellow, let us search and
see if we have anything about our
makeup which might be construed
as being peculiar. Let us try to see
ourselves as others see us, and when
we do. we Will not be so ready to
show-up" the other fellow. No
one enjoys having some other per-
son constantly nagging him. Apply
it to yourself, how would you like
it? Just suppose that everywhere
you went some idiot started to pro-
woke laughter at your expense;
would you enjoy it? We rather
think you wouldn't. Well the other
fellow don't enjoy it anymore than
you do, and you should be gentle
man enough to consider his feelings
as we'll as your own, and besides,
your time would be far more use
fully spent if you would endeavor
to aid him to overcome the peculiar
ity, or at least ignore the fact that
his popularity is manifest. Per-
haps you cannot locate popularity
in yourself, but it's there if you are
fond of nagging the other fellow
and if you could hear all that others
say about you, you would very likely
hear somebody say; Yes, so and so
is very fine fellow, but he is pecu-
liar in one thing: He IS always SO
fond of nagging the other fellow"
We once read a short sentence
which we think could we'll be re-
membered to our advantage: There
is so much bad in the best of us, and
so much good in the worst of us,
that it does not behoove any of US to
speak i'll of the rest of US. III. S.
McD.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-09-24
TAKE WHAT is COMING

Don't be the sort Of person who is
always ready to lay the blame of
whatever goes wrong on somebody
else. There is lot of Sinking in
the world. but the Sinking Of ones
share of the mistakes or mishaps is
the worst there is. Some of us are
clever in getting clear of the blame,
and have flow of eloquence when
it comes to proving that it is some
one else's fault that is little short of
marvellous. You've seen the man,
gentle reader, and perhaps you
thought you knew him, who was al
ways in the right, no matter wheth-
er it was politics, religion, education,
farming, domestic science or what
not; his ideas and predictions are
always right except when they are
wrong and, then it is somebody
else's fault. We say you've seen
him for he inhabits these and other
parts. Never admitted mistake in
his life, in fact never made one in
his estimation. And in this mans
philosophy, how greatly wrong is
the saying that right is right and
wrong is wrong" how much better
it would read to say, right is right,
and when I'm in the.wrong, it's al
right"
Now none of us are perfect. We
all have our faults, but to be forever
putting ourselves in the right and
the other fellow in the wrong is a
certain method of getting ourselves
just naturally disliked. There is
something fine about admitting in
SANITY when you have been at fault
that arouses admiration. The person
who takes his share of the blame is
going to be popular with a popular
ity that won't wear thin with time.
and at the same time have the con-
science of knowing that they have
been honest with their fellowman
and with themselves, the latter of
which is worth more to the honest
man than all the illgotten fame by
posing as a prophet and a perfect
man.-Reformatory.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-09-24
MEET MOTHER IN THE SKIES

In q lonely grave yard many miles away
Lies your dear old mother meath the cold clay
Memories of her returning of her tears and signs
fyou love your mother
Meet her in the skies.
Listen to her pleading wandering boy come home
Lovingly entreating do no longer roam
Memories of her returning, of her tears and signs
If you love your mother
Meet her in the skies.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-09-24
REFORM OF PRISONERS BY LABOR

The inmates of the State Prison
should be fitted. if possible, to take
their place in the world, and to hon
estly and successfully cope with it's
problems, when their debt to society
has been paid, the wrong they may
have committed avenged, their time
served. They should be afforded
an opportunity, upon their release,
to start life anew with a reasonable
chance of success. Under the pres
ent system the odds are very great
and all against the man who comes
into the world with convict's rec
ord to combat. A suit of clothes.
five dollars in money. curbed spir-
it, and ticket to where everybody
knows him. and most of them with
Pharisaical horror shun him; these
constitute the capital with which al
most every inmate re-enters the
race of life. How vastly better
would it be to furnish some useful
employment, whereby the faculties
might be kept alive and alert, hope
sustained, the spirit quickened, and
a little money accumulated against
the day when self-dependence is re-
sumed. Arizona affords ample op-
portunity for such employment-and
the most healthful employment-in
her plans for an elaborate road sys-
tenn. and | urgently recommend that
the law specifically authorize the
employment of prisoners on the pub
lie roads of the state, and that the
state or the counties of the ssate in
which such labor may be performed,
be directed to deposit to the credit
of the men SO employed at least
twenty-five cents per day each for
their services Critic.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-09-24

Saxo George confided a startling
bit of future intentions to us Satur-
day. Said George, when go out.
I'm going to be sport and invest
the whole sum of two-bits in cher
ries." For further particulars, inter-
view "Flunky" d.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-09-24
TRIBUTE OF LOVE
TO Mary Shelley

they say thou vert lovely from thy birth.
Of glorious parents, thou aspiring child.
wonder not. for one then left the earth
Whose life was like setting planet mild.
Which Clothed thee in the radiance undef1led
OF its departing glory; still her fame
shines on thee thro' the tempest dark and wild
Which shakes these latter days; and canst
claim
The shelter from thy Sire, of an immortal
name
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-09-24

An irate patron of a restaurant
called a waiter to him and said:
found needle in my soup. What
does it mean?
Beg pardon, said the waiter,
who used to be proof reader.
That's typographical error, it
should have been NOODLE"