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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-23
Sponge Cake.

Four eggs, one cupful sugar, one
.ialf cupful potato flour, salt, one tea
spoonful baking powder. Beat yolks,
when you take it out of pan when
done. so it won't %jounce. It just melts,
It il 50 Night.
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refreshing. l felt
heavy and sleepy
after meals, was
always nervous
and tired, had a
bitter taste in my
mouth, was dizzy,
h a d f s
specks before my
eyes. was always
{Itr~F-- y,nI
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-23
Danger.

Maid-Madam, the Pomeranian is
playing with your pearl necklace.
Mistress-Take it away from him
at once. lie might swallow II and
set appendicitis.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-23
AeRATEFUL~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

Mr.. T. c. Case of Welcome Lake.
Pa, writes: Il suffered with Back.
acae and Kidney Trouble. Ny head
ached, my sleep was broken and un-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-23
Perception

you cant see a JOKE" exclaimed
Mr.. Growcher.
"Oh, yes, l can replied his wife,
calmly, "or l should never have looked
twice at YOU"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-23

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Req. Weak. Watery
i1ss E aeo co apfnula'e Writ ny1 foq boo So Of ff% the ~
BY mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-23

If 1t is something you do not under
stand and cannot grasp the probable
ties are that is art.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-23

Our idea of a martyr is a man who
poses as a good example in a small
town.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-23

Immediate Suggestion.
Talk is cheap"
"Why, have you had your telephone
taken out?"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-23

ALFALFA SEED, 5000. Farms for sale on
crop payments. J. Mulhall. 500 City. la. Adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-23
From Mrs. s. +. Richmond, Providence. r.
From Mrs. Maria Irwin. Peru. NY.

Peru, NY-Before 1 took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Co
pound our | was very irregular and had much pain. I had lost th1
helped me as nothing else had done, and / am thankful every d
that took it."-Mrs. MARIA IRWIN, RID. ]. Peru, NY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
The Skeleton of a Monk in . Catacomb Bed" Decorated
 with Human Bones.

at least that length. They are just out side the ancient city walls and are ex- cavated in a kind of rock called tufa, which, though soft, holds it's form when excavated.
 The Catacombs now consist of an end less maze of galleries. This was not the original condition, but the result Of the gradual evolution through centuries, dur ing which one generation after another added to their complications. During the first and second centuries some of the Roman Christians built small catacombs for the burial of themselves, their family and friends. These usually consisted of square chamber, in which single gallery ran around the sides, about eight feet high by three feet wide, in whose sides were cut recesses called 'loculi,' one above the other to receive the bodies.
 Persons of distinction were buried Tn snac;aI chambers. or cubcula, which opened out of these galleries, and for these burials carved sarcophagi were often used, placed in arched inches or "arcosolia" These recesses, It appears have been used as hiding places for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

food, fuel and papers of the German spies.
 Usually some early Christian martyr was buried in such chambers and his tomb served as an altar at which relig- ious services were afterward celebrated. The German agents evidently supposed that the sacred character of these con structions would preserve them as against search but the military authorities have proceeded with stern disregard of rel1g- ious sentiment.
 As the number of Roman Christians in creased in early times and consequently the number of burials, the originally small catacombs were honeycombed with gal leries and extensions. When one story of them was no longer sufficient, stair ways were made, and another system or galleries excavated beneath This was followed, if necessary, by third, fourth, fifth or even sixth story Of galleries.
 The catacomb of St. Calixtus occupied a leading position, and here the bishops of Rome of the third century were buried in a special crypt It is said that this catacomb concealed the principal head quarters of the. German spy organization.
 During this ancient period passages were gradually cut to connect the ne1gh- boring catacombs, thus joining the whole of them together into an endless laby rinth, through which nobody but an ex- perienced person, such as one Of the monks or church officials. put in charge of these places, was likely to find his way. Indeed, there are gruesome stories of curious Americans in modern times who have tried to explore these catacombs alone and have lost themselves and starved to death. A trained Ftracker," however, with proper lights and some method of marking his track, would have no great difficulty in finding his way out again after a trip to the deeper recesses. The German spies were. of course, trained to such work That is why 1t is believed that some, at least of them have escaped to the very distant recesses of the cata- combs. It is uncertain now whether they are starving to death or not but it is thought more likely they are supplied with provisions and with true Teutonic tenacity are holding out until the vigil ance of their pursuers relaxes and they are able to do some more spying.
 Copyright 1915, by the Star Comp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

carried here to save them from the bar barians. The entrances were once more closed up and in many cases parts of the galleries were filled, in order that the bar barians might not lay hands on their sacred relics and treasures and deface their sacred decorations.
 From the invasion of the Saracens in the tenth century down to the fifteenth century the catacombs were more or less forgotten by civilization. but there is no doubt that they served as refuge for many brigands, rebels and other turbulent characters, who preyed upon travellers or fought against the authorities during
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
of St. Peter
 Msrcelnus the German to Have Eddea

the stormy mediaeval history of Rome. During the great Italian Renaissance they were reopened. and since then they have been more and more explored with won derfully interesting results, but even to. day their full extent is not known, and the art treasures which they contained have not all been studied. Perhaps at tnis moment some German spy, with his little electric pocket lamp. his mind divided be- tween espionage and archaeology, is gaS' ing with interest upon the earliest pic. lures of the holy Apostles which have nos yet been seen by the eyes of the modern ecclesiastic or archaeologist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

about sixty of them in all, with uncount- ed entrances, and the winding passages within them are perhaps two hundred miles in length. Their exact length has never been measured, but as they wind about one under the other until there are often five or six of them in depth, 1t will be easily understood that they may have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

because the place had been rendered sacred by the bones of the martyrs. At last these reasons ceased to appeal to the people. and the catacombs were no longer used for burials or religious ser vices. For several centuries in the early middle ages they were the objects of pill grimages by ,Pious Christians from all over Europe.
 Then came the disastrous inyasions of Italy by Goths and other Teutonic bar barians, and by Vandals, Lombards and Saracens. Once more the catacombs served a vital purpose to Rome. The treasures of the city were in many cases
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
the Bodies of Deceased Ecclesastcs
 in One of the Catacombs.

The catacombs reached their highest development in the middle of the third cen tury, when Roman persecu- tion of the Christian was car ried to extreme violence. Prosecuting officials and mobs, refusing to recognize the sancity of the Christian places of burial, entered the catacombs and began to de- face their chapels, tombs and sacred decorations. Christ ians then destroyed the en- frances with their oratories. their open stairways and their halls for the "agape- mone," or Christian love feasts, filled up the galleries and made other and secret entrances from neighboring sand pits, called "arenarias." Thus they completed the h. conceivably intricate and confusing character Of the passages, which has so strangely furnished a basis Of operation for militar. spies in our day.
 During the terrible perse- cution of the Christians un- der Emperor Diocletian, hun dreds of martyrs were buried in secret here, and the en- Judgements necessary were carried on with the same secrecy. Even after persecu- tion had ceased under the Emperor Constantine, burials were commonly made here because the place had be sacred by the bones of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

Copyright, 1915. by the Star compan,
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

tue OF a certain order Of sale issued
out OF the Honorable District Court
OF Taylor county on the Srd day OF
December, 1915 by J, Fuller, Clerk
OF said Court for the sum Of one
hundred, seventy eight and 10000
Dollars and costs Of suit, under a
judgment In favor OF Ed s. Hughes
Co. in a certain cause n said court,
No. 1851 and styled Ed. S. Hughes
Co. vs.. ". NJ McLaury, ct al. placed
in my hands for service, |. W. A. Mer-
rell. as sherin I scurry county. Tex
as. did on the 9Th day OF December,
1915. levy on certain Real Estate.
situated in seurry county. Texas, de-
scrIbed as follows. iowit
Lot No. 4. Block No. and lot No.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24
TEXAS UNIVERSITY FACTS.
Largest Registration In South. Two
Scurry County Students There.
A. $. WALKER.
Collector.

Scurry County is represented at
the University o ( Texas this year by
the following students:
Dorus Alvin snellings. Fluvanna;
Charles X. winston. Snyder
The University is now in its S3rll
session and has registered a larger
attendance than at any previous time
In its history. Twenty-three hundred
students are now enrolled at the
Main University at Austin $50
girisl, and 400 at the Medical De-
partmcnt at Galveston. It is likely
that the total registration before the
end Of the session will exceed $500.
OF course these figures take no ac-
count OF the 1900 students now TAX
ing work In the University by cores
pondence.
Texas thus has, easily. the largest
registration Of any university in the
South.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

AFR. J, A. Farmer OF Snyder. spent
Sunday with his friends. Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. s. Leveret, His little daughter
Flosaie. who has been here fer a few
days returned with him.
Mr.. Walter Gentry began this week
moving the old hardware building
preparing TO begin work on his two
brick buiidiags that he will erect on
the two lots between the bank and
drug store. Mr.. Gentry thinks he will
have the two bricks complete and
ready to occupy by the first Of March
next.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24
DON'T CAMILLE on COTTON

The South fed herself in 1915 and
as a consequence produced a small
cotton crop which sold at satisfactory
prices. A big crop the year before
sold at poor prices. and. without feed
or food. put Texas in the hole. We
had the same war In 1914 as In 1915,
and we are likely to have It for
year longer. Tho difference between
food-feed-cotton farming and all-cot-
ton farming.
The man who relies upon Affection
farming in 1916 Is specializing on
weather. boil weeyil and war. That's
a desperate chance. The man who re-
lies upon food and feed crops for his
sustenance and makes cotton his sur
plus will have something for paying
debts. or for accumulation, wheth-
or cotton sells for IL cents or S
cents.
The cotton crcp OF 1915 was fully |
Ave million bales less than the crop |
OF 1914, and It proved to be all that
the world would buy at profitable
prices. II the war continues there
will not be demand for any more
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24
NOTICE OF sHERIFP's SALE OF
REAL ESTATE UNDER ExEcu-
TION.

In the Justice Court Of Precinct No
/. OF scurry County, Texas:
THE STATE OF TEXAS
County OF Scurry
whereas. by virtue OF an exeeu-
tion issued out Of the Justice Court
OF Precinct No. 1 OF scurty County,
Texas. on judgment rendered In
said court on the 2eth day OF octo-
Der A. D.'i9i5. for ,is.7s. with 10
per cent interest thereon per annum
from date and costs. ia favor OF o.
l.. Wilkinson Lumber Company, and
against Samuel Harrington. No. 1877.
on the docket Of said court, / did on
the 7th day OF December A. ID. 1915.
at il;i0 O'Clock a. m. levy upon the
following. described tracts and par
cells Of land. situated In the county
Of scurry. State OF Texas. and be-
longing to the said Samuel Herring
ton. to-wit:
Abstract No. 2aas. Certificate No.
ts-ssos. survey 2o7. original Gran
tee J. N. Smith. containing 100
acres, same being n. Wilt Of sald
survey;
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

10 In Block No. Il in the Provldent
Heights addition to the town of sny-
der. scurry countv Tovos. and =,
L., NJ n
w. "' ''O'N 'o' ~ III tue d.
d. NnamoerS addition to the said
town OF Snyder, Texas and levied up
on as the property OF W. NJ. McLaury
and c. A. McLaury and Nellie Nc
Laury and that on the first Tuesday
In January. 1916. the same being the
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

Abstract No. $3.50. Certificate No.
4S-56O5. Survey No. zoe. Il. Fenton
Original Grantee. containing 100 a.
cres, same balng the N. T.. IA OF said
survey;
Lot No. 10, Block No. 1850, Nc
Dowell subdivision OF the Cody
Heights Addition to the town OF sny-
der scurry County. Texas, known as
the Samuel Harrington lands, all Of
above described tracts OF land being
located in scurry County, Texas
And on the lth day Of January.
A. d. 1915. being the first Tuesday
OF said month. between the hours OF
10 o'clock n. m. and 4 o'clock D. m.
on said day. at the Court House door
OF said county, will offer for sale
and sell h; Public Auction, for cash.
all the right, title and interest OF the
said Samuel Harrington in and to
said property to satisfy the afore-
said Judgment in favor OF 0. l.. VIII
kirson Lumber Company for ,as.7s.
interest and costs.
Dated at Snyder, Texas this IN.
18th day OF December, A. d. 1915.
W. A. MERRELL,
sheriff. seurry County. Texas
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

$40 acres OF land. 100 acres In
cultivation. well and large tank on
the place. will take twelve dollars
and fifty cents (s1a.5o) per acre.
100000 cash balance on ten years
time at per cent. Come quick as
this place will sell. ]. z. Noble
rs. Snyder. Tex.
+, Why rent land when you can buy
q good homo on thse terms.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

Mr.. j.. n. Patterson OF Crowley
TEXAS. has accepted a clerical post
ton with the LIST State Bank & Trust
Co. OF Snyder, Mr.. Patterson is a
brother OF Mrs. Joe catca and gradu-
ated two or three years ago from the
Snyder High School.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

Villa says he is quitting his fight
for the rights Of his people because
he thinks that will lead quicker to
the downfall OF Carranza. He is ieay-
ing strong and loyal leaders in
charge OF his cause and whenever
they need him he will be back in the
thick OF the fight,
He is bitter against the Wilson ad-
ministration. He says he may 20 on
the lecture platform. as Senior Bryan
does to make living. or he may take
employment in some business line.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

See the Display of hand made
Fancy work, for Holk'Ay Presents,
Friday and Saturday, In Show Win
dow At smiths Confectionery.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

Miss Daphne Harper OF the John
sen home has gone to visit the home
folks at Ennis.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

Rev. p. NJ Fitzgerald a well known
Presbyterian evangelist died last
Sunday at Arlington, aged 81 years.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

HIGH GRADE COAL At THR ICE
PLANT ONLY $500 CASH PER
ToN.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

Rev. L. W. Faulkner preached
Sunday at wastella.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

We repair most anything at A. p
Norris and stand behind the Job. Il
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

Mr. and Mira J. N. HendryI arc
visiting In Dallas.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

PoWER-Increased to FORTY horse power;
MOTOR-Increased from sh to s7S-inch
bore 5-inch stroke
WHEELBASE- Increasedfrom lo8 toll ms.
TIRES Increased from SO 4 to "a x 4
Goodrich;
FlNlSH-Number of body finishing opera
tons increased from 20 to rs;
CAPACITY-Incr from Five to SEVEN
passenger;
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24
sHERIFFs SALE

THE STATE OF TEXAS
County Of scurry
Notice Is hereby given that by ylr.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-12-24

UPHOLSTERY- Deepened and Of the finest
hand -bufBed. semi glazed leather purchas-
able;
REAR AXLE Safety -insuring FULL
floating axle. designed and built in Studebaker
factories;
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM = Studebaket-
Wagner Starting and Lighting System, in use
FOUR years and tested and proved on more
than 10000 cars.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-02-27
BAIRD IS PREPARED
 FOR PORTAGE RUSH

By the last mail Attorney Ned Nj, Stan ton received a letter from John F. Baird, dated at Portage Bay, ALASKA tin big letters) on January 25 from which The Pioneer was permitted to extract few sentences, as fellows:
 My Dear Judge Portage Bay at this writing may be very small place, but it's in Alaska We have opened a post here, and I am busy putting in piling now hay ing just finished my fencing and some buildings We have very nice store build ing, with most comfortable living quarters in the rear. Billy Peterson and Ben Brom- berg are here, and are down the bay now to bring up the first raft. They and myself are putting in wharf. l am also putting in another in front of the post, but by the time you receive this Portage Bay may be off the map; but let us hope that such be not the case.
 q expect to be in Iditarod some time next summer h intend to go to Bear creek, but 1t may be late in the summer.
 q missed Harry Yeager. He arrived at Seward only few days after l arrived here. Eddie Anderson and Charles knell are in San Francisco"
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-02-27
JAS. N, BALLENTINE
 DIED YESTERDAY

At the Emergency hospital, Flat City, yes terday morning at II o'clock James M. Ballentine, a we'll known resident of this camp, passed to the great beyond after lingering illness of several months. The deceased was a sufferer from tuberculosis.
 Mir BalIentine came to the Northland ln 1898 and resided in the Atlln and Daw- son camps until the rush to Fairbanks in 1904 attracted him to the new gold fields of the Tanana district. While a resident of Fairbanks Mir Ballentine, in partnership with James Hagen, former chief of police of that city, was in the timber and fuel business This firm during its existence filled several large contracts with the Tan ana Valley Railway Company for cross-tles and other construction timbers. D. w. Bal lentine, brother of the deceased resides in Dawson It is also stated that he has family of grown children residing in the East As far as known the deceased was not a member of any social or fraternal organization.
 The funeral will take place in this city tomorrow Sunday afternoon at clock, and interment will be in Iditarod cemetery.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-02-27
OF COMMERCE
 GIVES HILL SOME HOT SHOT

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 23.-James J. Hill, in a paper read before the national foreign trade convention in this city last evening, as serted that governments owned shipping line is "almost certain to drag the United States into the European conflict sooner or later"
 Secretary of Commerce Redfeld, in re- ply, said that Hills paper was based upon surmises and not facts. Mir. Redheld said it had been advertised all over the whole world that we would get into trouble Ii we bought German ships yet the govern ment had been approached to buy British ships French ships and Russian ships. lie closed with the assertion that the extor- tions of the shipping interests are closing American factories and that the violation of written contracts by the shipping com panies make the robbers of the mddle ages look like public benefactors."
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-02-27
SAN FRANCISC0
 EXPOSITION OPEN

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2O.~- The Panama-Pacihc International Exposition was opened this morn ing with a terrific bombardment from cannon exploded by wire less spark. At noon the machin- cry of the great show was set in motion by electric connection with Washington, the President touch ing the key,
 The principal speakers at the opening ceremonies were Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane, who represented President Wilson, and Hiram Johnson, governor of California.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-02-27

LONDON Feb 23The Germans dl0Iayng coAaa0Ie acV in the ghborhood Ypres By elaborate of mines the riish destroyed
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-02-27
GET MAIL INSTEAD OF BOMBS

DUNKIRK, France Jan. A German airman paid visit to Dunklrk Christmas day, but dropped no bombs. Only peace ful greetings were conveyed.
 The aeroplanist made an extremely haz- ardous trip from the German lines, under 1kcn at the request of a Prussian colonel who wanted to know of the French where his son, who was killed at Soissons, was buried
 The airman dropped in the public square a parcel containing letters and postal cards from several French airmen who are prison CTS of the Germans In the packet of mail was the letter asking the information sought by the German colonel. A white flag was planted in the square, the German de. scended, was given the information, and after being cheered by the French, rose to the skies and disappeared.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-02-27
WICKERSHAM AND BALLAINE
 CLASH OVER LEGISLATION

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.- The efforts of Delegate James Wickersham of Alaska to secure the establishment of general com mon school system for Alaska have been blocked by Congressman Norton. who op- posed the bill because it would locate the agricultural college at Fairbanks, disregard ing what the territorial legislature might wish.
 Mir. Wckersham claims that John Bal laine, who has reported here for action, has lobbed against the measure because he wishes to have the college located at seward.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-02-27
KENNEL CLUB AT RUBY
 PULLS OFF SHORT RACE

RUBY. Feb. 26-The Ruby Kennel Club pulled off a short dog race on the Yukon river in front of this city last Tuesday that has caused considerable talk among dog fan ciers on account of the good time made. The course was SIX and nlne-siXteenths mllaS in length, and the race was won by George Carls string of dogs in thirty minutes and twenty-six seconds.
 Ruby Derby on March l7
 The Kennel Club will run its annual derby as usual this year, March l7, under the same conditions and over the same course as in previous years. The purse will be the same as last year.