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fellow, makes his boast that for these
ten years consocuuvcly he has made
not less than hundred fools. My
landlady had "A falling out with him
about a fortnight ago for sending
every one OF her children upon a
Sleeveless errand. as she terms H.
Her eldest son went to buy half
penny's worth OF inkle at shoe
makers. the eldest daughter was dis
patched half a mile to see mon
ster: in short. the whole family OF
innocent children were made April
fools Nay. the landlady herself did
not escape him."
Dean Swift
Dean Swift In his journal TO
stella" In 1913. tells how he spent a
lively evening in "contriving an April
fool" The scheme was Ito circulate
report through their servants that
a man who had been hanged few
days previous had come back to life
and could be seen In flesh as a guest
OF the Black Swan in Holborn. He
was anticipating great sport at see
ing the crowd on the following day,
but after all. he records later. some
body told the people that the whole
affair was a joke and he himself be-
came the April fool.
on April first. 1910. Napoleon mar
ried Marie Louise. Archduchess OF
Austria. on which occasion the wag-
gish Parisians called him "un poisson
ld'Avril"--a young fish-an April fool.
As memorial OF his marriage Ma
poleon had a number of medals made
which showed Love tearing a thun-
derbolt. Later these medals were
known as April Fool Medals and Sow
eral OF them are to be seen In the
French Museums.
Royalty INDUCED In The Sport.
At one time even royalty INDUCED
In the sport OF April fooling. Peter the
Great in 1919 set about to fool his
people by building an immense pile
OF wood In the open square IN front
OF the palace at Petrograd. This was
covered with tar and other infiam-
mable material on the morning OF
April first he had it set on FIRE. The
/ flames shot high in the air and people
came into the city by the thousands
to assist in putting out the fire which
they believed was consuming the pal
ace. When they reached the square
they were met by soldiers who shout
ed-"sheepheads, pigs, swine, dom
keysl Fall back by order OF the
Czarl Can't you understand that the
Little Father has fooled you? It Is
the first Of April"
Tower of London joke.
Another historic bit OF fooling wa,
when Francis, Duke OF Lorraine, Rnt
his duchess escaped from prison OF
April first in the fifteenth century
They came out Of prison disguised a
peasants and were recognized by al
old woman attendant. She called L
the soldier who was on guard. tellin
him that It was the duke and duchess
} April fool" was the sentry's an
swer. and the royal couple went on
= undisturbed. When the guard wen
: Off duty he told the story to his friend
: and thcy called Il a smart trick. Tn
Governor enjoyed the joke as well
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and even while he was laughing word
came 70 him that the peasants were
none other than the royal prisoners
and they were now beyond his reach.
In 1850 all London was aroused
over a clever April fool trick which
was perpetrated on some OF the best
families. on March thirty-nrst a
large number OF persons received post
cards conveying the following invita-
ton;
TOWER OF LONDON
Admit bearer and friends to view the
annual ceremony OF washing the white
lions on Sunday. April LIST, 1850.
IL is particularly requested that no
gratuities be given TO the wardens or
their assistants
Entrance at the White Gate"
In one corner OF the card was a
seal which proved to be the die OF an
inverted sixpence put on TO give the
invitation an official appearance. The
result OF the hoax was greater per-
haps than the perpetrator imagined Il
would be. for IL is said that hundreds
OF people went TO the town in re-
sponse 20 the Invitation and all day
long cabs ratified about the walls. the
drivers inquiring for the White Gate.
"Hunt the GowL."
In Scotland, the proverbial land OF
wit and humor. the curious practice
OF hunting the gowk" was in vogue
FOR many years. Gowk, originally a
cuckoo, means by extension a fool. d
simpleton. The trick as played wa,
for wag number one 10 send his vic.
tim, wag number two. for some dis
tance with a letter containing words
such as these;
This is the first OF Apriie-
Hunt the gowk another milel"
After reading Il number two hand
II to number three and so the lette
passed on until somebody discovere
the Joke. In writing OF this a scotc
poet seems 10 think that the ma
who did the sending was the bigge
fool Of the two, and says in rhyme
1T is n thing to be disputed
Which Is the greatest fool reputed-
The man who innoccntly went
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|pessity is absent, the invention does
not develop. There was no urgent ne
|pessity in the simple lives OF the
'Amerioans OF yesterday for any means
pr conveyance beyond what they had
their own backs. and the services
pr their mongrel dogs.
Man was then, the first packani-
|nai In this country. and on HIS back
|-or that OF his wife's-was borne
7his household effects." which were
4 1aken from his hut or tent, when
moving day came
In those days there was no glory
fpf Indian horsemanship, either in the
PUNT OF chase. for that useful equine
pad not put in an appearance. The
/0ekimos. or Indians of the far North,
&1sed their dogs and sleds, but no such
EBtedB we're ever used in what Is now
fhe United States. Just when the
zrsindser OF the Laps and Chukchis
became their animal for work, milk
.hud- meat Is not definitely known.
The First Cart.
ytSwas not until the Spanish inva-
*kioh OF Mexico, about 1919, that any
practical service animal was intro
Eduoed. At this time the donkey or
burro was brought from North Az
Fica TO Mexico by the Spaniards, and
was adopted by the Pueblos. The
Spanish were also responsible for the
ntroduction of the horse, and the
hrst wheeled vehicle in the shape of
heir "Carreta," shown in one of the
illustrations, was taken from one ex-
hibit in the National Museum.
eeum.
This cumbersome cart, made en-
Eirely OF wood. was used extensively
by the Indians OF Mexico and Ari-
Fona, where this type OF vehicle is still
nade and used today. A lighter cart,
with spoked wheels and shafts, was
ster made for transporting freight
Wfer the northern plains OF tho Red
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Four Hundred Wheel On This Continent Spnars intro
uced First Horses BurrOS and Wheeled Carts The RED River
Cart Early Seds Used By Indians and Settlers The Horse
"TravoiS"- Prairie SchOOners Old Stage COachSe
Inventions Railroads and Cars The Automobile

the quarries at Quincy. Mass; a track
four miles long. costing $4,000. and
in 1880 the first American locomotive
was constructed by Peter Cooper in
Baltimore, Md, and this was the first
locomotive to carry passengers on this
side OF the Atlantic ocean. The first
railway cars, as many know, were
merely stage coach bodies placed
upon smaller wheels for traction use.
BY 1895 one thousand miles Of rail-
road track had been completed in the
United States. but the speed OF trains
had not passed much above the twen-
ty-hve mile an hour limit. The FIRST
sleeping car came during the year
1886, but the Pullman Palace Car
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By HARRY b. BRADFORD

lighter vehicles. which was extensively
used in the Colonies, was the one
horse chaise which oliver Wendell
Holmes. in his poem, "The Deacon's
Masterpiece" designated as the "One-
hoss-shay." This "shay" was the be-
ginning Of carriage making in the
United States, and when supplied with
good springs, made a comfortable
means Of conveyance for two persons,
with a rack in the rear for all neces-
sary baggage. CThe illustration
shown was drawn from one of the
very early models, exhibited in the
National Museum.) This early model,
without. steel springs, must have been
a veritable ''rough-rider" in those by
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improvements in the application Of
steam, transportation both on land
and water greatly increased. and rail-
road and steamship companies began
TO develop and handle more business.
Considering this wonderful develop
ment and wide application Of the
steam engine. II is strange indeed
that the automobile did not arrive
until so late a datel II has only been
during the past fifteen years. or less.
after the development OF the gas en-
gine, that the automobile business has
taken on such immense proportions.
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River region, and was called the RED
River Cart"
Before. and during the use Of these
carts. the Indians of the North were
hauling their supplies of game. skins,
etc, upon ingeniously fitted up forlSed
limbs of stout trees. which formed
the primitive sledges OF both Indians
and early settlers. Another early sled
is shown in one of the illustrations,
which shows more workmanship than
the forked branch with cross pieces
bound on II. This latter sled was
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more of a danger. Nevertheless, the
automobile is a boon to thousands of
business concerns, and a luxury TO a
great number OF individuals who do
not abuse the privilege of riding in
one.
Not the least that the automobile
has brought to pass, is the relieving
OF the many thousands OF weary
horses from their arduous labors, In
some cases from cruel taskmasters-
who now have chance to say
things" at a ballxy automobiiei
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NlINHllllIl

hundred years ago there
G4 was not a wheel OF any de-
soription on the American con-
y hnent; no, not even a wheel
parrowi Still more-there was not
TRAIT animal here; that is. one which
vas used as such. The North Amer
can Indians might have domesticated
he powerful bison Of the plains, but
Iheir imagination did not extend that
FAR. 1t has been very aptly said that.
Necessity Is the mother of invention"
knd 1t logically follows that when ne
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IlBNAVBIAl

one IS either operated or owned by
one person in every hundred OF our
population. The healthful exercise of
walking is more dangerous in our
large cities today than II has ever
been before in the history of our
country.
More OF less irresponsible chauf-
fours are operating great gasoline or
steam driven trucks and cars along
our thoroughfares today, some of
which are capable OF the speed OF
our modern locomotives. and in hav-
ing no track to run on become far
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used by the early settlers for
every purpose where a heavy load
was to be hauled over the snow, as
we'll as for lighter loads when there
was no snow. Sleds very much like
this are used by the northern lum-
bermen and sap-gatherers at the pres
ent time, and several yokes of oxen
or pairs OF horses bear the burden
of pulling them, instead Of the men
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The arboretum established at Wash
ington IN Rock Creek Park, through
cooperation between the forest serv-
ice and the District OF Columbia. now
contains 1900 trees. comprising 80
different species.
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and protection, but their old match
lock rifles could not be reloaded as
quickly as the spear or arrow OF the
Indian could be in readiness. so trav-
elling across the plains was not al
ways free from dangers OF redskins.
While the most primitive carts. in
troduced first into Mexico. were very
heavy and cumbersome, much lighter
ones were later made after the general
pattern Of the heavy ones. One Of these
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dninr fhe ioh alone.

doing inc JUD dIvHt'
The great value OF the horse was
appreciated by the Indians of Mexico
and the Southwest generally, and
without saddle or spurs they became
expert riders. using only the mouth
rain of hide fastened around the low
er Jaw to control their steeds.
The plains tribes fixed a contriv-
ance of two crossed poles over the
horse. near the neck, the ends of
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FOREST NOTES.

During the past two years forest Of
hcers have killed nearly 5000 preda-
tory animals. more than three-fourths
of which we're coyotes.
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The first electric railway was
opened in Berlin. Germany in 1881,
but It was some ten years or so be-
fore the first electric underground
system superseded the cable-propelled
method in Washington. ID. c. Electric
locomotives have been in use for
some years, for short runs, in various
parts of the country. but the devel-
opment OF the third rail- and trolley
systems have far outdlstanced the
more cumbersome locomotives. One
Of the most pleasing changes from
steam TO electricity occurred when the
New York elevated system gave up
their little steam engines for the
cleaner cars propelled by the third
rail" electric method.
Whcels-Wheels-
Now our city streets present wheels
wheels everywherel Policemen pro-
tect us at street crossings from the
dangers OF carts, carriages, street
cars wagons. automobiles. bicycles
motorcycles. etc, etc. over one mil
lion automobiles are at present in
use in this country. which means that
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Early settlers sled.
steam RaiIwaNs Appear.

waited until very nearly a genera
ton had passed (1S64).
Steam Railways Appear.
While the first street horse railroad
was opened on Fourth avenue. New
York. way back in 1882, the elevated
street railways were not erected there
until 1S77-7S. With the successive
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First steam Carrlage.

Strange as it may seem, It Is re-
corded that the first steam carriage
was made by oliver Evans, of Phil
adelphia. in 1887. while 1t seems the
first quite practical one was manu-
factured by the Stanley Steam Car
riage Company Of Newton. Mass. in
1897.
The first iron-rail track in the
United States was laid in 1926 from
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gone days when roads in this country
were in as primitive a condition as
wagon manufacturing.
Historic Stage Coach
The old historic stage coach made
its appearance about the beginning
Of the nineteenth century, when II
was put in general use throughout
the United States. Its familiar shaped
body was suspended above the frame
work OF the supporting parts by
means OF great leather straps. and
these added greatly TO the ease Of the
occupants within. To these coaches.
four or more horses were harnessed,
and the weary trips from-"Philadel-
phia to Pittsburg." or between nu-
merous other points, were under
taken, with luggage piled up on top
and behind the big stage.
IL goes without saying that travel
ling was slow and tedious in those
early days, and no doubt passengers
had plenty Of time to get well ac-
quainted with one another during
their journey.
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Copyright, 1915, by The International
Syndicate.
Legends Of the Origin Of
April FOOl'' and Some Of
the Queer Franks Which
Have Been Played On
ThatDay In VariOusPart
of the World.

No sooner doth st. All Fools morn
approach
But Wages, ere Phebus mount his
gilded coach,
In sholes assemble TO employ their
sense
In sending fools TO get intelligence:
One seeks hens teeth in farthest part
OF the town,
Another pigeons milk; a third a gown
From stroIling cobbler's stall, left
there by chance.
Thus lead the giddy tribe a merry
dance,
Ana to reward them for their HARM
less toll
The cobbler 'noints their limbs with
stirrup oil.
Thus by contrivers inadvertent Jest
0ne fool exposed makes pastime for
the rest
Poor Robins Almanac, 1928.
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{" FTER vainly trying to find an
origin for the silly custom OF
"fooling'' people on April first
y N the majority OF historians
nave come to the conclusion that Il
9 relic Of the old Roman Satur-
lsiis. II was at that time that Caius
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1915-02-05
SCHEDULE. OF VOTE,

Sc purchase 5 votes
lOc purchase 10 votes
l5c purchase Is votes
Zoe purchase 20 votes
25c purchase 80 votes
Soc purchase 35 votes
35c purchase 40 votes
4Oc purchase 45 votes
45c purchase 50 votes
soc purchase 60 votes
55c purchase 65 votes
6Oc purchase ~ votes
Csc purchase rs votes
Zoe purchase so votes
75c pprcla,e 90 votes
Soc purchase 95 votes
S5c purchase 100 votes
90c purchase los votes
CSC pu, chase 40 votes
$1.OO purchase 125 votes
From $1.O0 to $500, 25 extra
votes will, be given.
From $500 to $500, Is extra
votes will be given.
From $500 to 81 90, $50 extr 4
votes viii be given.
From $500 to $500, 200 extra
votes will be given.
For II purchases made over
$500 at one time 25O votes
will be given for each extra
Dollar. The Sc schedule to
prevail on the amounts be.
tween the dollars.
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Arnold Rennett,a Yacht.

Possibly for some folk my sloop
Velsa's chief attribute would be that.
once seen, she cannot be forgotten.
She is lovely object. and not less
unusual than lovely. She Is smart,
also. but nothing more dissimilar to
the average smart. conventional Eng
lish or American yacht can we'll be
conceived. She Is q magnet for the
curious. When she goes under a rail.
way bridge while train Is going
over Il the engine driver. OF no mat.
ter what nationality, will Invariably
risk the lives Of all Of his passengers
in order to stare at her until she Is
out Of sight. This / have noticed
again and again. The finest compli-
ment her appearance ever received
was paid by schoolboy. who. after
staring at her for Q quarter Of an
hour as she lay at wharf at Kings.
ton-on. Thames. sidled timidly up to
me as I leaned in my best maritime
style over tho quarter and asked:
please. sir. 10 this training brig?"
Romance glesmed In that boys syes--
TAs Century.
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Local News
sS7sscSSSs>esSessees-

+ w. Burton has heen on tbs
sick list for week or so but is
recovering quite nicely at this
writing.
The skating rink was badN
showed in for a time. The wind
Tuesday night swept lnr~e par
Of 1t aud skaters will hud plenty
OF good lee
Judge Carpenter left "Wednesday
night for Sioux Falls, where h.
will argue the Indian taxation
case. mentioned in these columns
a few weeks since The cas-
comes before Judge Elliott.
A bouncing baby boy was borr
to Mr. and Mrs. Merit Stump la
FRIDAY The mother aud baby az
doing nicely. AS this Is their firsr
child, they are duly elate over tn
fact that it is a robust 8 pounf
boy.
The Dakota Farmer comes t.
our exchange desk this week re
ple,e with excellent ling matt
and plenty of business. Tb,
columns of the paper are abou
evenly balanced between advertiS
ing and reading matter.
A copy of the so car limit bill
is being thoroughly studied b, tn
local railroad men. 1t is expecte
that tl.is bill will he presented =,
the legislature in the nsa, future
but the name of the rep esentativ
who will prese it has not bee
made public at this time.
We are in receipt of lette
from Senator NJ Pin Beebe, VIII,
is one of the leaders in the l,gis
lature which is now in session il
Pierre, inquiring for the name o.
local student who is attending
state institution SO that he ma,
have the benefit of the limited
number Of scholarshi, which tn,
law entities each senator to give.
AS we do not know of any student,
will some one of our readers who
do. please inform him?
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1915-02-05

George Gerl De e.. motorman, was
just starting his car from Patchogue,
Long Island. fer the reo to Bayport,
when q young woman walked UP to
him.
Please wait ten or fifteen minutes
for me. so l won't have to stay over
for the next car" she said. i've just
found dress at the store that like
awfuily we'll. but ! think ought to try
It on drst."
I'm sorry" said the metorman, but
just can't do It."
The bell changed. tho car started.
and the young woman was left stand
Ing In the road. The mo;ormen's con.
science pricked him. At last he said:
I'm used to stopping to tell EN-
"a time O day. whether the waters
g. and how the fish bite. but blessed
- that SiSl dous ~ ne"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1915-02-05

Notice is hereby given that the City Engineer
Commissioners of the of property for
ion, along the following described and
Along Grand Cossnp Min
Avenue for a distance of 1872 feet
Along Ninth Wisconsin to Main
ward n distance of 374 feet
Ang Min TX Boulevard to re tn Street f,
, distance of 3S3 feet
BY order of the Board of Commissioners.
Dated O January 1915
w l.. YOUNGMAN,
City Auditor
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of commissioners
Mobrdge, S d.
'ientlemen
The undersigned CITY Engineer era ass
purposes along the
special assessment the several lots lots parcels
and he benefit ed by t for rh
along said and a"co resolution
Board of Commissioners. beg leave o
Total of the calculated upon the contract
price $,79O co.
g length the by the contract is
1916 TT.
in which said 1916 feet
T. The full description together with the name of each
part lot of an and 'h fr,ntaoe If
de ln"ion> have pn
upon viii said
follows
MAIN PARK BOULEVARD WAT ASSESSMENT
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J C. WEBSTER. City Treasure,
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Local News

Miss Edna Zimmer i assistln
the Lars j. Fiksdal Go. during
their auction week.
Mayor Sparks, of Baker, Mout g,
II company with County SUrve>' r
Cory, were in Mobridge the latter
rart Of last week looking oven the
lnra! water system The ely Of
Baker is pntting in a water system
and the gentlemen in question
were here tOg,t information on the
pi position.
Lee Delaney. formerly Of J. F.
Divine q 60 arrived in the ely
lat Friday night for n short visit
with the boys - lie is now IN
the service Of Devereaus & John
son Sales Go of Minneapolis ana
was enrOute from that place I
Baker, Mont wherr they have
prosperity. sale in view, when h..
stopped off here for day or ST
To shake hands with his man.
friends, all Of whom were q light d
to meet him.
At the meeting of tn. CRY con-
missioners, Monday, Dave Han,
presented a splendid propnsitiH
to the board. He asked the com
isSioEers if they would grant hi
the contract for cleaning the sill
walks Of snow after each sn ~
storm or drifting wind, his com
penSation To be one cent "A linca
foot per year. the ,ity to guarantee
him his pay for all crossings and
20 render assistance in collectin
tnp money which would h. du'
him from tenements, resident
property owners and non resident
property owners. After consider
able discussion the commissioner $
arrived at the conclusion that it
would cost only % or 50centS a lot t"
keep the sidewalks # the cit, III
front Of resident and business
property clean from snow during
an entire winter and the cost f.
the cit! for crossings approximate
ly 5000 for the sa period a"d
decided to take u tn pronosition.
The Hand hovs started on their
strenuous tax the following morn
ing. They have in mind the con.
strurtion of an entire d fer mt
kind of snow pillow than the one
now in use, though that one is
doing good W. rk.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1915-02-05
creakin9 Up Pavement With q PIow.

The street car company Of Cleve.
land has recently designed q novel
pavement plow for the quick and eco
nomical breakup Of paving ante
cedent to track work. The plow con.
sists Of heavy steel casting of suit.
able shape for lifting the paving blocks
and for cutting the tie rods at the
same time. 1t is pulled by service
motor car. Three men and the crew
OF the motor car are all the personnel
needed to operate the machine. This
unique plow can remove 1900 square
feet Of pavement in one minute. On
another occasion the pavement In q
stretch Of track $500 feet long was re-
moved in 50 minutes. The plow is
used but once or twice ' eek, for an
hours work with it will give the street
car company enough track to work on
for eight or twelve days.-Electric
Railway Journal.
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/. KALI DRUG S'opl
PIANO CONTEST

The names and nun Der OF votes
Given below are to acquaint the
people If Mobridge With the name :
and stand ug of contestants in the
R-xnl Ding Store $4O0 Gable
Piano Contest also the number OF
votes given for each purchase: