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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1916-04-20
Silencins the Questionsrs.

A French gentleman who had been
with Nj. de Talleyrand for twenty
years accompanied him to the congress
at Vienna after Napoleon's exile to
Elba. People naturally concluded that
this long intimacy had made him IA
miliar with number Of particulars or
the minister's life and bearing also
upon the events with which he had
been mixed up Worried with ques-
tiOns. the friend invariably replied that
he knew nothing, but the questioners
would not be satisfied and returned to
the charge.
Every WELL" finally said Talleyrand's
confdant: "I'll tell you q peculiar ana
altogether unknown fact In connection
with NJ de Talleyrand. Since Louis
XIV he's the only man who can. open
a soft boiled egg with one backward
stroke Of his knife without spilling
drop Of the contents Of the shell. That
is the only popularity I know In con-
nection with him."
Discretion had scored a decisive VIC
tory. From that moment the Ques-
tiOns ceased.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1916-04-20

his way through the murk before dawn
to the hangar.
Bringing out the great, birdlike ma.
chine. he rose with it and climbed up
the stairway of the wind and rode
upon the wings Of the morning!
Out to sea. far out! This was death
to die. But the wings Of the morning
waited exaltation to his soul. He cast
aside the husk Of his degradation and
turned and wheeled his distant flight
clear of mind and clean of soul againi
On the wings Of the morning. and far
below gypsy caravan
"Esther!' be thought Esther. my
beloved, and Hagar, my dear mother!'
And then, on the wings Of the morn
ing. something snapped, Down. down,
he plunged. He saw in the bright light
OF day that now filed the earth the
gypsies swarming out. and he could dis
Germ the slight figure of Esther.
Then he felt the air rise up on either
side as he sank down like plumnet.
And so he went down. down-seeilig.
he believed, the Outstretched arms and
upturned face Of Esther-without fear
and without hope.
At the mansion Of the late John Pow.
ell q wreath Of flowers is on the door.
The newspapers screech sensationally
Of his death and the strange story Blair
has disclosed that the mad millionaire,
who took poison and threw himself In
the way Of an onrushing automobile.
was not John Powell, but Arthur STAN
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1916-04-20

OoS var
and clothe me. Your funkies are
asleep, so you shall be my funky! One
Romany Rye as valet to another!'
And Luke rose from where he had
gorged, and Arthur followed him with
out a word to his suit Of rooms and
wardrobe upstairs.
The storm had passed; q few heavy
drops fell from the LEAKAGE of the live
oak and Kissed as they died on the en-
bers Of the smoking ruins OF Hagars
van.
Upon the ground Esther knelt, hold
ing the head Of the dying Hagar. for
Hagar was dying, slowly dying.
Since their journey westward she had
failed and faded. slowly but surely.
Nothing but her deep love for Esther
and her strong faith that she could
reach her son In time and save him
had held uagar to life.
A harvest Of heartaches through the
years, sorrows and sacrifice had sap
ped her spirit and her physical
strength. Only a sweet. complacent
faith had sustained her.
But now the shock Of the lightning
stroke, the burning Of the van and the
exposure to the storm had fastened the
passing Of Hagar.
In their long journey westward,
slowly but surely moving onward, rhey
had reached within some twenty miles
Of Los Angeles and the end Of their
quest for Arthur.
Resolute In this great sorrow and ca
lamity. Esther whispered b the ever
helpful and loyal Quabba TO mount on'
Of the van horyes and hurry back Il
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1916-04-20

nan. Then a grinding Of the brakes,
he car stopped with jerk. and Blair
AN back to the Quivering figure In the
Oadway.
One glance at the crushed. disfgured
face and Blair, In merciful pity strange
TO him. placed bis coat over 1t to hide
the dreadful sight. He bent down.
There was every evidence in the at
tire as to who 1t was The wallet had
fallen from the breast coat pocket Of
the dead mnn Blair knew 1t.
He called for Vivian. and IN she ran
'oward him he tore from the breast OF
The dead man the diamond from the
Ky while the halted auto throbbed
ma painted n though II gIontr1 al
hat II aud Blair had done
"A gypsy trick the dying man had
ried There were other gypsy tricks.
Iohn Powell was dead: with him
should Arthur Stanley pass! The now
raStily donned heavy dark suit Of
lOthPS.
The cries OF Vivian and Blair had
Uusrd the house. and the nameless
nam heard the half d essed servants
ushng down the stairs and out by the
runt door To the back Of the house.
vnscen. he passed 10 the library. aud
san AZ they bore the corpse Of him
hp, thought John Powell to the front
M into his mansion for the last time,
ne man who had been Arthur Stanley
mi John Powell slipped from the win
low. stole across the lawn and mace
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the slower moving cavalcade Of gyp-
sizes ard bid them hasten. This Quabba
did.
The caray I was not far behind
them, for nearing Los Angeles Hagar
had given orders to move through the
night that they might camp the next
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1916-04-20

The Supposed Death Of Arthur Stanley.
ley, fugitive from justice In Virginia
and heir to an English earldom and the
diamond from the sky!
A gypsy hunchback riding to the
dead mans house on a travel tired
horse is told all this. He turns sadly
away. How shall he take such Ees-
sage to a dying mother?
fro BE CONTINUED
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1916-04-20
Outmatchod.

Did you hear about the row round
al Penhccker's house last nightY' Mr..
jones asked his wife as they sat NJ
supper
NO" said the lady much Interested
''Whar happenedr'
"Penhecker tried Z" thrash his wire.
and the police were called just Ia time
to avert a tragedy"
"Oh. the brute! Did they take him
to prison?''
mo: they carried him round to the
hospital."-New York Journal.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1916-04-20
The Abssntmindsd Waiter.

The Ab0entmindod WaIter
Hungry Man Ito man behind the
cOunter)-Bottle Of milk and granaM
crackers.
YES. sir. Want q bowl with TT
mo; cut a hole In the stopper ana
I'll drink through It."
Yes. sir. Have q spoon with itY
"Oh. no. always eat milk WIN .
knife" -
"Yes. cir. Spoons safer, though
You're liable to cut yourself with .
knife."-Richmond Times Dtspatch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-09
1 aittino on a Tack.

A thing is tragic or humorous ac- cording to the point of view. The man who sits on a tack does not share the onlookers' amusement In fact, he is not only pained at his own misfor- tuna but he is pained because he oc- casioned some one else to find a de gree of pleasure in his unseemly plight.
 Now, 1t Is perfectly safe to make this positive statement in this connection the person who witnessed the others unfortunate encounter with the tack never deliberately sits on the same tack himself. Indeed, he is particu- larly cautious about sitting down any where soon thereafter without looking for a tack.
 Nor is this an indictment of tacks. Tacks serve a very real and useful purpose in this world, but they have their place, which is not in localities where they may be sat upon William o. Lengel in Hoggson Magazine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-09
Beauty ss Rsnasylvania.

In one respect only Pennsylvania is unchanged and unchangeable. Men have dealt harshly and shamefully by her, but nature has crowned her with beauty. Her founder, knowing noth- ing of his broad tracts, save that they were forest lands, gave to the new province the pretty name of Sylvania, and Charles H., always postmaster of words, pre6xed the Penn, for which pleasant conceit every son and daugh- terAof the state owes him a grateful thought. Thus the word Pennsylvania perpetuates history, honors 8 noble name and symbolizes the loveliness of the land. land of woods and waters, hills and valleys, fat farms and rocky sodtudes. The shrieking engine that drags its trainload of passengers through the valley of the Juniata, across ridge after ridge of the Ale ghenies, past the Tuscarora gap and the succession of narrows- Long Mar rows, Jacks NarroWs, Packsaddle Narrows-has traversed country so widely and nobly beautiful that, in Eu- rope, 1t would attract the tourists of the world.-Agnes ReppHer in Ameri- can Magazine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-09

requisitioned in great numbers. Then those who by reason of their appear ance or special claims in evidence were unavailable or otherwise un- adapted for the work were sorted out by the, officers in charge of the selec- tion with every possible regard for their personal and family affairs and allowed to return to their homes. During this work of selection the committees were represented by spe- cial commissioners, or the delegates of the Red Cross. As a general thing only such young girls were taken along as had been already accustomed to standing upon their own feet and earning their living by their own ef- forts. All possible consideration re- garding the care of old persons was also shown.
 "In so far as families, women, and children were concerned, the persons transplanted were chartered with the inhabitants of the country places to which they had been sent under the supervision of the local authorities and under an understanding with them. The single men were brought together in labor colonies.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-09
Stranatl1 of a Flower,

One of the most remarkable exhibi- lions of plant force | ever saw, says John Burroughs in .'The Breath of Life," was in a western city, where I observed wild sunfower forcing it's way up through the asphalt pavement. The folded and Compressed leaves of the plant, like a mans fist, had pushed against the hard but flexible concrete until 1t bulged up and split and let the irrepressible plant through. The force exerted must have been many pounds. I think it doubtful if the strongest man could have pushed his fist through such a resisting medium.
 Life activities are a kind of explo- sion, and the slow continued sexplo- sions of this growing plant rent the pavement as surely as powder would have done. It is doubtful If any culti- vated plant could have overcome such odds. It required the force of the un- tanned hairy plant of the plains to ac- complish the feat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-09
some one to Care


 Coming home on the train last night I saw pleasing scene from the car window. A little girl stood at the rail- road station with an umbrella. It was raining hard. When the train stopped she looked eagerly up and down and then ran to meet young woman. The child lifted the umbrella protecting1y over the woman and looked admiringly in her face.
 It set me to thinking. After all, the main thing that we need in life is. some one to care. As long as there is some one awaiting our homecoming, eager to welcome us and make us comfortable, we can keep up courage.
 It is our duty to ourselves to gather around us family or friends. Those who care are staffs to lean on, magnets to draw us away from temptation, bal sams to heal our wounds and buoys to keep us from sinking.
 We need all the friends we can make and hold Shirley in Farm Life.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-09
The Worlds Greatest Judge.

Inc World'0 GreateSt Jud9e.
 If greatness consists of great ab1li- ty linked with great opportunity, then we must pass unchallenged the dec laration that Marshall is the greatest judge in the language, states Hugh H. Brown in Case and Comment. No English judge ever had the opportunity of new. field except Hardwicke in equity, Mansfield in commercial law and possibly StoWell in admiralty. The world never had known science of a written constitution of govern ment until it came in Marshalrs time.
 Standing before his portrait in com pany with distinguished foreigner, an American lawyer said, "We con- sider him the greatest judge of our country A British justice replied, You might we'll say the greatest judge of any country"
 Another Englishman, James Bryce, said in substance that the higher qual- ities of Marshalrs decisions never had been surpassed and but rarely equa1ed by the most famous jurists of modern Europe or of ancient Rome.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-09
PeriIous to Handle.

The production of chrysarobin, a medicinal principle much used in par asitic skin diseases, is attended with great peril. It forHs about 50 per cent of goa powder, obtained from cavities in the Brazilian araroba tree ,(Andira anarabo), and in securing this powder the trees are felled, though eighty to one hundred feet high, and often three feet in diameter. The ma terial is found as damp pulp or Jumps in the center of the trunks, the Yield sometimes reaching sixty or sixty-five pounds per tree, with none at all in some trees. The accompanying caus- tic liquid makes the substance difficult to handle and, despite gloves and masks, workers for any length of time invariably lose their hair, eyebrows and eyelashes and sometimes even be- come blind, while sores from the burns may cause long disability. A cat has been known to lose its fur from sleep ing on bag of the powder.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-09
An ideal System of Law,

The law, so far as it depends on learning, is indeed, as it has been called, the government of the living by the dead. To a very considerable extent, no doubt, it is inevitable that the iv- ing should be so governed. The past gives us a vocabulary and fixes the limits of our imagination we cannot get away from it. There is, too, pc culiar logical pleasure in making man ifest the continuity between what we are doing and what has been done be- fore. But the present has a right to govern itself so far as it can, and it ought always to be remembered that historic continuity with the past is not a duty; it is only necessity.
 I hope that the time is coming when this thought will bear fruit. An ideal system of law should draw it's postu lates and it's legislative Justification from science.-Ohver Wendell Holmes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-09
Some Geographical Doubles.


 Accidental doubles of geography are very curious. There are the two total ly uncopnected Galicias, the one in Austria Hungary and the one in Spain. AS to the Carpathians, the doubling occurs between the ancient and the modern aliases. On the map of the ancients we find a people named Carpi in the north of what is now Hungary and north of them the Carpatus noun tains. But "Carpathian' in Vergil, Horace and Ovid means something quite different. The Carpathian sea was the sea between Rhodes and Crete, from the island of Carpathus, now Scarpanto, and the "Carpathian old man. was Proteus. who lived and no doubt practiced his quick change tricks there.-London Spectator.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-09
caunht Him Both Wava.


 T ask you to pay me this bill,'' said a tailor to a waggish debtor.
 Do you owe anybody anything? asked the wag.
 No, sir," replied the tailor.
 Then you can afford to wait" And of he walked. A day or two afterward the tailor called again. Our wag was not at his wits end, so, turning to his creditor, he said: Are you in debt to anybody ?'' "Yes. sir, am sorry to say am." |. Well, why don't you payy' 1 T haven't got the money" replied the tailor, with woebegone counte- nance.
 That's just my case, my dear sir. I am glad to perceive that you can ap- preciate my position. I always re- ,spected your judgment, sir. Give me your hand, sir."-London Mail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-09
Whistler Before Whistler.

Mortimer Menpes told the, following story of Whistler, who was to deliver an address one day to the Society of British Artists: 1sThe master at length entered, faultlessly dressed, walking with swinging, jaunty step, evident ly quite delighted with himself and the world in general. He passed down the gallery, ignoring the assembled members, and walked up to his own picture. And there he stayed for quite fifteen minutes, regarding it with a satisfied expression, stepping now backward, now forward, canting his head and dusting the surface of the glass with silk pocket handkerchief. We watched him open mouthed. Sud- denly he turned round, beamed upon us and uttered but two words Bravo, Jimmyr-then took my arm and hurried me out of the gallery, talking volubly the while.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-09
The Horns of Venus,

References are made in some cunei- form litereture to the horns of Ve- nus" from which it is concluded by some that in the clear air of Mesopo- tamia the crescent form of the planet was detected in early times without optical aid. Since Venus, when at a sufficient angular distance from the sun not to be lost in the glare of the latter, is hardly more than half min ute of arcl in diameter at the utmost, such an observation seems quite out of the question. and Professor Camp bell thinks the allusion to the horns was merely lucky guess on the part of the ancient astronomers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-09
Maanesia and Grease Spots.

Magnesia will take grease spots out of carpets and rugs Get a block of it from the drugstore for five cents Scrape it with knife into fine powder and lay this on the grease spot. cover ing 1t entirely. Rub it in a little and let 1t stand overnight. Remove it the next day with a clean whisk broom and tue spot will be gone.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-09
Fooled His Subjects.

King Erricus of Sweden publicly con- fessed that he was a sorcerer and ma gicfan. He was the owner of an en- chanted cap, which he pretended en- abled him to control the spirits and change the direction of the winds at pleasure. So firmly did his subjects believe in the supernatural powers of their ruler that when storm arose they would exclaim, "Ah, the king is again wearing the magic capr'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-09
Deludina the Doc.

When forced to travel all night the Siberian natives make practice of stopping just before sunrise and allow ing their dogs to sleep.
 They argue that if a dog goes to sleep while it is yet dark and wakes up in an hour and finds the sun shin ing he will suppose that he has had a full nights rest and will travel all day without thinking of being tired.-Lon- don Telegraph.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-09
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Proper Sleep.

"!- To the average individual in + the modern civilized community,
 's' with itsvarious opportunities and .s. Limitations, there is good reason * to believe that a proper amount ]. of sleep is the chief health con- i. server. All about us life, both j. animate and inanimate, obeys +, the laws of nature and passes 'i- into some form resembling sleep, + usually while the gun is beneath !. the horizon.
 j. Authorities on health and hy- j. giene point out more and more <. the need of securing at least .s. eight consecutive hours of sleep. # Where this cannot be done as i. routine, day after day, they ad- -s. vice that the proper amount of .s. sleep be made up some time dur 4. ing the twenty four hours. The ..' universal practice of this policy !. no doubt would do more than .s' any other single factor to pro- f' mote health and prevent disease. 4s
 .s- <. <. I. I. T. .s. .f. + + s. .s. . f.
The Washington times., 1916-06-02
TO ALL NON-POLITICAL
ORGANIZATIONS ,

THE voluntary declaration Of the President the United
would walk in the Preparedness Parade be held
Washington Flag Day. June IA next inspiration
of our citizenship
Il appealing to the heads of all nonpotical organizations
Washington through this medium organize your forces for
participation in this great patriotic demonstration day ded
Gated glorious flag
THE Preparedness Parade will be demonstration Of
feay country desire that should all
prepared and be maintained the purposefu
integrity of orefahers the joy
generation should and be the haven of glorious
independent American manhood and womanhood.
President Wilson has wonderful example the Nations
head
you the head of organization, should follow the leader
ship of the President Of the United States
I'VE should all realize this glorious opportunity testify
love of flag and country.
do you the high standard that leadership i'm
poses?
Prompt action will
THE Preparedness Parade headquarters is fifth floor Star
building Yours very truly
60 WIN F. GUIDE, Chairman,
National Capital Preparedness Parade Committee.
Washington, June 2"
The Washington times., 1916-06-02
FAIRBANKS BALKS
AT SECOND PLACE

CHICAGO. June 2.-Indiana men
close to Fairbanks declared that he
would have nothing to do with the
proposed combination whereby he is
put in second place on a Roosevelt
ticket.
This is a clever move" said one
of the Indiana leaders. But II the
Roosevelt people think they can draw
Fairbanks into 1t they are mistaken"
Governor whitman will be here with
the New York delegation Sunday.
Governor whitman will make the
speech nominating Hughes He has
sent on here for Hughes leaders to
see. 1t 10 declared nothing but abso
lutte elimination by Justice Hughes
OF his name will prevent whitman
nominating him
The Washington times., 1916-06-02
IS STRONG
ON LOCAL EXCHANGE
Good Tone Evident Throughout
List--Potomac Electric Co.
Bonds In Demand.

Lanaton Monotypc stock featured
trading at today's session Of the WASH
ington Stock EXCHANGE, q total Of 10a
shares selling after tho regular call on
scale upward from 7sA to II. The stock
was offered during the call at TEN. with
TN the best offering.
The entire list OF securities showed q
good tone. there being a number OF adj
vances In botll stock and bonds.
Railway Is were particularly strong.
a $500 bond selling at 50. and after call
$1,000 bond brought Sly The bonds
OF the Potomac Electric Power Company
also were strong. the first SIS selling at
1854, an advance of IN points over the
last previous sale. while the consolida-
ted mortgage SIS sold at 1914. A $1,000
Capital Traction sold at 107h.
Besides Lanston. other stock sales
We're ten shares of Railway preferred
at re. and one share at Il. and eight
shares OF Capital Traction stock at SoN
An increase of S7ss, 1889 In the net
revenues for April over the same period
" isli. ms shown in figures made pub
Company. For the ten months ended
April 70 an Increase OF SC.592, si3lO IL
shown. or $3.50 per cent.
The company spent In April, 1915. for
improyements to It's roadway and struc-
during April. 1914.
For the ten months ended April 10,
lslt, the company spent for Improve
s7.oce.Siti2. as against "a. 7so. e72S during
the same period In 1918, and s., 3t6, 30 10
during the same period in 1914.
The Washington times., 1916-06-02
70 Cities Arranging for
Preparedness Parades

NEW YORK, June 2.-Charles Ii.
Sheriff.. grand marshal Of the citizens
preparedness parade held here May IL,
announced today that seventy-nine
other cities are following the example
set by New York. He reported that
l4O,1S9 persons marched in the parade,
and that $4,000 were rejected after the
limit had been reached.
As a result OF the demonstration, he
asserted. 10000 new members were
gained for the Red Cross In one day,
and the national guard and Plattsburs
camps received within a week thousands
OF applications.
The Washington times., 1916-06-02
Off on Honeymoon In
Carriage Parents Used

HARRISBURG. Pa. June p.-Miss
Louisa Yeomans Boyd. daughter of the
late John Yeomans and Mrs. Eleanor
Herr BOYD. and John Graham, Of
Philadelphia. were married here today.
The clergymen were the Rev. DR.. Lewis
Seymour Nudge, pastor of the Pine
Street Presbyterian Church. this city.
and the Rev. Marcus A Brownson. of
PHILADELPHIA.
when she left on her honeymoon the
bride was driven to the station In the
family carriage that conveyed her faith
er and mother when they started away
on their wedding day. The same coach
man also drove for both parties.