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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
New Map of the World
Outlines Still Far From Perfers

We can get some idea already of
the new map of the world, though it's
outlines are still far from perfect, OBJ
serves a writer in the Providence Jour
nal. Along Germany's western from
tier Alsace-Lorraine goes u%ncondition-
ally to France, with the Sarre basin
also coded to her for 10 years, the
mines Of that region given over as par
tial indemnity to French ownership
and a plebiscite Is years hence pro-
vided for. Luxembourg is freed from
German control. Belgium gets a small
area, part outright and part subject to
popular vote, and a plebiscite will de-
termine whether the inhabitants Of
Schleswig prefer to be included within
Germany or Denmark for the future.
Germany will retain nominal control
Of the valley east of the Rhine, but it
is to be permanently demilitarized.
German Austria becomes an ~independ-
EFT state, along with the new Czecho-
Slovakia, Jugo-Slavia and Poland.
Danzig will be a free city with Polish
affiliations and Germany is forced to
recognize the new states of western
Russia.
In Africa the immense German hold
ings go to the allied and associated
powers as manufactures. Japan agrees
to return to the Peking government all
the territory on the Chinese mainland
which she has lately acquired, but will
have Tsingtao In perpetuity. The vari-
Gus German islands of the Pacific 60 to
Japan, Australia and New Zealand as
manufactures, which means that in all
human probability those countries will
be permanently installed there under
the convenient fiction Of the league Of
nations language. Even the German
slice Of the Antarctic continent is to
be yielded to the entente. VIII 1t be
necessary to give anyone a mandate"
Tor this frigid and uninhabited region?
There are still SO many details to be
worked out that it may be some time
before the authentic new aliases can
be issued.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Music, of All Arts, the One
Most Intimately interviewer
With Ethical Consciousness

OF all arts, music Is the one most
Ultimately interviewer with the eth
icai consciousness Of our own time
The oratorios Of Handel and Of
Mendelssohn so blend the sacred text
and the divine music that we think OF
the two together, and almost as OF
things SO welded by God that man
must not seek to put them asunder.
When I have sat to sing in the chorus
Of the Messiah" and have heard the
tenor take up the sweet burden OF
Comfort We my people" l have felt
the whole chain of divine consolation
which those historic words express,
and which link the prophet Of pre-
Christian times to the saints and SIM
ners of today. In far-of Palestine l
have been shown the plain on which
it is supposed that the shepherds
were tending their f1ocks when the
birth Of the Messiah was announced
to them. But as I turned my eyes to
view 1t, my memory was full Of that
pastoral symphony Of Handers, in
which the divine glory seems just
mufled enough to be ineligible to
our abrupt and hasty sense. Nay, 1
lately heard a beloved voice which
read the chapter of Elijah's wonder
full experience in the wilderness.
While / listened, bar after bar OF
Mendelssohn's music struck itself Off
In the resonant chamber Of memory,
and I thanked the Hebrew Of our own
time for giving intensity to that
drama Of insight and heroism.-Julia
Ward Howe.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Great Bodies of Water Not
CIassed Under "Seven" Seas

"What are the seven seasY" a
subscriber asks, and adds: II can find
no explanation about them in CYCLIC
pedias or dictionaries" There Is in
deed a great paucity of information
about this familiar expression, which
is the title Of one of Kipling's books.
A note, however, In the Oxford Eng
lish Dictionary under "seven" reads:
"The Seven seas-the Arctic, Ant
arctic, North and South Pacific, North
and South Atlantic, and Indian
oceans" C~uriously, this dictionary
does not mention the seven seas under
the word seas" but gives instead
''the four seas-the sea bounding
Great Britain on the four sides."-
Outlook.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
HIS CRUTCH

He hobbies down the quiet street,
A youthful veteran
Whose heart Is still attuned unto
The drums wild %rataplan,
Whose ears are deafened even yet
BY battles dread alarm,
Whose hating step depends upon
The crutch beneath his arm.
E
His good right leg Is g~one-afar
In Flanders mud it lies,
But there's a smile upon his lips
For still Old Glory flies.
And though a slow and painful gait
His mundane progress mars,
Behold! his spirit vaults the clouds
And strides among the stars.
Washington's sword and Franklin's stan
And Lincoln's pen shall be
Embossed forevermore upon
The shield of Liberty;
And 10! the doughboy's battered crutch,
Through Times eternal flight,
Will stand a signpost on the road
To Freedoms mountain height.
-Minna Irving in New York Sun.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Reverses as Business Man
Credited With Making Mark
Twain a Successful Writer

Mark Twain's failure as a business
man Is said to have made him a great
er writer, instead Of having discour-
aged the humorist In his work. II
was In 1894 that his publishers
crashed, after having published "The
Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn" and
"The American Claimant" The first
work was a success, but the second
met with reverses. When the pub
fishers found themselves In difficulty
they saddled the whole burden on
Twain, and he took 1t without a MUIR
muir.
Had he not failed I'm business
Twain might have been content to
rest on his laurels. Instead he went
about paying his debts. His tour
around the world was undertaken
expressly for that purpose. 1t was a
very successful tour, crowds turning
out to hear the famous American.
A product Of his tour was Follow
ing the Equator" which vas a finan-
cial success. Having abandoned his
desire to become a business man he
then settled down to writing. In
1895 he published "Pudd'nhead Will
son." and "The Personal Recollec-
lions Of Joan Of Arc" came out in
1897. His critical essays and "Auto.
biography" were noteworthy pro-
auctions, written In a different vein
than his works before he devoted
his entire life to writing.
Twain always hated sham or pre-
tense. he was a lover Of the frank,
open-hearted man, which explains his
great hold on his public.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Guy Morton Promises to
Put Cleveland Indians in
LineIight This Season

Guy Morton of the Cleveland In
dams bids fair to prove the sensation
of the American league. Early in the
season he pitched two full games with
out allowing a run.
Before the American league season
opened he shut out New Orleans and
Milwaukee.
Several years ago Morton suffered
an injury to his arm. 1t was feared
he would never be useful on the mound
again.
He pitched well late last year. And
this spring he showed in New Orleans
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
TO THE POINT

Whisky floats nor trouble
than 1t browns.
The more promises a man
gives the fewer he keeps
If there ever was a fool killer
he must have retired from bust
ness.
Many a mans reputation de-
ponds on what isn't found out
about him.
When one boy see another
eating something he always gets
hungry.
Love, fire and a bah cough
are three things which cannot
be hidden.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
William Sooy Smith Built
the First Al-SteeI Bridge

WX H#r
William Sooy Smith. builder OF the
FIRST all-steel bridge In the world and
inventor Of the pneumatic caisson. was
born In Ohio July %, 1890; graduated
at West Point In 1853; resigned from
the army. but served during the Civil
war. and later became eminent as a
civil engineer and bridge builder. His
invention Of the pneumatic caisson rev.
plutionixed deep river bridge building.
and he was the first q to overcome
~suicksands In making foundations.
He vras alsO I pioneer In moving big
buildinR ana IN the construction OF
skyscraperA He was retired from the
army With rank a. brigadier general
ia dled January n, 1ol2
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27

on the training trip that he had re
gained his old-time form.
Cleveland has been generally picked
as n of the contenders for the Ameri-
can league pennant this season. The
only apparent weakness Of the Indians
in the before-season dope was the
pitching staff.
With Morton in form to help the
ever-consistent and effective Stanley
Covaleskie, Cleveland looms up as ex-
tremely dangerous. In fact, the club
that beats the Indians should win the
flag.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
SALADS AND SANDWICHES.

During the warm weather salad is
one Of the main features of every din
ner. Sandwiches are always popular
and during the picnic season indispen-
sable. The unusual always appeals
and the following will at least excite
enough interest to try it:
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Songs Of the Club Workers
yhe u. S. Depanmasof Agriculture.
By the u. S. Departmental Agriculture.

| All the lads must spade the ground:
All the girls must hustle 'roundl
All together In the chorus:
Over there. over there;
Send a word, send a word, over there,
That the lads are hoelng, the girls are
sowing,
The crops are growing everywhere.
Each a garden must PREPARE;
Do you bit, so that all of us can share
With the boys, with the boys
Who will not come back till it's over
over there!
Their fresh young vOices-ah, If al
vegetables were as fresh-die away in
the distance. But from owe the hill
another group Of boys approaches,
You know they are pig club boys, for
to the tune Of ROW, Row, Row Your
Boat" they are singing
Grow. grow. grow a pig
Fatter every day.
Merrily, merrily, cheerily, cheerily;
Half our work Is play.
AhAN - NOihCo cOillC lOSg llNVhC
girls, all dressed up in white aprons
and snowy caps, and everything-they
catch what the boys are singing, and
they reply:
Can, can, all you can:
Can and put IL away.
Merrily, merrily, cheerily, cheerily;
Half our work is play.
Close behind them are some sewing
club girls, and now they are singing :
Sew, sew, sew a seam;
Sew the time away.
Merrily, merrily, cheerily, cheerily;
Half our work is play.
And over in that field, can those chill
dren be the Little Bo-Peeps and Little
Boy Blues Of today?
No; nothing Mother Goose-like about
them; nothing but the sheep-and
their song:
Little Bo-Peep.
Come raise some sheep;
And you do IL, too,
Little Boy Blue.
So 1t goes with you In the shade Of
the old apple tree, listening to the
club boys and the club girls as they
tell In song the merits of their respec-
tive avocations. And then, just like
in u show. they all troop back again,
and, like the grand chorus in an opera,
to a tune you recognize, this rises:
There were club boys on the hillside,
There were club boys on the plain,
And the country found them ready
At the call for meat and grain.
Let none forget their service
As the club boys pass along,
For. although the war is over,
They are singing still this song.
The chores comes like a cataract:
Keep the home cow milking,
And the club corn silking;
Tell the idle boys and girls
To work for Home.
There's a club pig growing,
While the grain we're sowing
Boost the club work night and day
Till we Live at Home"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Where Cork Sinks.

In spite Of its buoyancy, cork will
not rise to the surface from a depth
Of 200 feet below the oceans surface,
owing to the great pressure Of water.
At any depth short OF that II viii grad.
ually work Its way to the surface.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Poppy Seed Salad.

Crate a little sage cheese over some
fresh head lettuce after it is dried and
finish by sprinkling over it some fresh
ly roasted poppy seed, which adds an
unusual flavor. Serve with French
dressing.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Mothers Cook Book.

The sweetest lives are those to duty wed,
Whose deeds, both great and small,
Are close-knit strands OF an unbroken
thread,
Where love ennobles all.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
A Few Smiles
On The Face Of It

81 a read a mans character by his
features. Now I know the man yOnder
is fond Of proposing to every girl he
meets"
"How can you tell It'll"
"By his pop eyes,"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Barred by Regulation.

"You can't take
your dog In there,
sir, with you"
"Why not? I
see o h Q dogs
there"
"Yes, sir, but,
begging your par
don, sir, there's a
strict rule against
expectoration, and
your dog Is q
spitz."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
WORDS or WISE MEN

A gaunt brute bites sore
French proverb.
The bladder may be dipped.
but never drowned.-Sibyl proph-
ecy Of Athens,
The blade Of the sultan's
saber grows until 1t overtakes
the ofender.-Turkish proverb.
According TO the arm be the
bleeding.
Blessed be- st. Stephen, there
Is no fast upon his even.
Blessings r not valued un-
III they are gone.
A blind hen car sometimes
find corn-French proverbs.
|INnI |MH|L f#U 4IW tAU. MNMM
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Potato Salad.

This is a well-liked salad and may
be prepared in so many ways that it
Is always a delight. Cut up the cold
boiled potatoes in small cubes and mix
with a small finely minced onion, add
some corn oil and vinegar, salt and
paprika and let 1t stand until nearly
time to serve, then add a small Gu
cumber and a spoonful or two Of any
well-seasoned boiled dressing. A
little peanut butter and cream added
to the dressing will give a piquant fla
vor, or lacking that add a dozen or
two Of minced peanuts. A spoonful or
two Of canned corn also adds much to
the flavor. or a finely minced green
pepper. One may vary the seasoning
and always have q new salad.
Summer Salad.
Cook a quart Of lima beans, drain
and chill them. Peel and dice two
crisp, tart apples, add two sweet green
peppers finely shredded, mix with may
onnaise; nothing will improve q veg
etable salad like onion juice.
Nuts and Green Peas Salad.
Take q cupful Of cooked green peas
and add one-third of a cupful Of wal
nuts. Serve on lettuce with any de-
sired dressing.
Banana and Pineapple Salad.
Place rings of pineapple on crisp
lettuce and In the center place a small
cone Of banana, by cutting the end Of
each carefully and setting 1t candle
like on the pineapple. Sprinkle gen.
erously with paprika on top and serve
with q boiled dressing. adding chopped
nuts 70 the dressing IL desired.
Olive and Celery Sandwiches.
Chop equal quantities OF heart cell
cry and stuffed olives, moisten with
salad dressing and spread on well.
buttered bread.
Mint and Cucumber Sandwich
Slice cucumbers and sprinkle with
minced mint. dip In French dressing
or add q bit Of any boiled dressing :
place between slices Of buttered bread.
lNMl1k=s.e
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Odd Happening.

civilian always goes to pieces
when he tries to speak In public"
"Well If he's any kind Of a Bill he
ought to be able to collect himself"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27

'YOur stout
friend Is barred
from the sprint
ing match"
"Why Is thatT
Because 1t Is q
sport wherein q
fat man has but q
slim chance"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Naturally.

'There is n thing which I suppose
it is only natural for motorists to
lack"
"What is thatT" T.
"Horse sense"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27

Natural Antipathy.
Queer, but my little dog growls
whenever he see me take my medi-
cine"
Maybe he recognizes the bark v
your tonic"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27

All the lads must spade the ground;
All the girls must hustle round!
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Summer Salad.
Nuts and Green Peas Salad.

nuts and Green Peas SALAD.
Take q cupful Of cooked green pea.
and add one-third of a cupful Of wal
nuts. Serve on lettuce with any de
sired dressing.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Banana and Pineapple Salad.

Olive and Celery Sandwiches.
Chop equal quantities Of heart cell
cry and stuffed olives, moisten with
salad dressing and spread on well.
buttered bread.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27

Mint and Cucumber Sandwich
Slice cucumbers and sprinkle with
minced mint, dip In French dressing
or add q bit Of any boiled dressing;
place between slices Of buttered bread.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
The chores comes like a cataract:

Keep the home cow milking,
And the club corn silking;
Tell the idle boys and girls
To work for Home.
There's a club pig growing,
While the grain we're sowing
Boost the club work night and day
Till we Live at Home"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09

you to learn that not only was his
life spared, but he was actually repa-
triated-why, Heaven alone knowsl
There were many German women
spies, but only one was caught to
my knowledge. She lived with the
man Rowlands, and was sentenced
to 10 years penal servitude.
Earlier in the war a Swiss and
an Englishman were brought to me,
and it was alleged against them that
they had signalled from a city res
taurant to Zeppelins. The allega-
ton, Of course, was stupid, and the
men were released.
The Master Mind.
THE master mind of the German
secret service was a Dutchman NAM
ed Deirck, who had his headquarters
at Brussels. He never ventured to
visit England, but his subordinates
were scattered over neutral ports.
None of the spies worked a code
or kept notes. They carried all their
information in their heads. Osten-
sibly they posed as commercial
and. in this way worked
their passages to London. In 1915
commercial letters were not vigilant-
ly scrutinized, and thus the spies
were able, by means of trade terms,
to explain their whereabouts and
communicate information to their
The prince of the German secret
service undoubtedly was Captain
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09

Won Kupferle, who hanged himself
with a HANDKERCHIEF at Brixton pris-
on while awaiting trial at the Old
Bailey.
Kupferle, fair-complexioned,
clean-shaven, young-looking man,
was attached to German main
headquarters during the battles Of
the Marine and the Aisne. He was
brilliant linguist, and had written
extensively in Germany before the
outbreak of war. He was also an
intimate personal friend of the
kaiser and Won Tirpitz, and it was
expressly at the invitation of the
arch pirate that he under ook a
mission of espionage to this coun-
try.
The authorities do not deny that
Kupferle was by far the cleverest
and subtlest secret service agent
who ever set foot on British soil.
During his activities here he kept
the detectives going at a merry
pace, and his lightning movements
carried him today to the Midlands,
tomorrow to Ireland, and afterward
to Scotland and Wales.
Kupferle had set his heart on as
certaining news Of the movements
of the British grand feet, and with
this end in view he worked his pas
sage via Holland to America, return
ing in a liner, which gave him an
opportunity of seing the strength
not only of the Atlantic patrols,
but also the disposition of naval I'M
its off the Irish coast. From
Queenstown, he journeyed to Liver
pool and thence to London.
Scotland Yard then took a hand
in the game, and from that moment
Kupferle was a marked man. A
watchful eye kept him constantly
under observation until the moment
came to arrest him. Kupferle was
astounded when a quiet-loking Eng
fish detective took him into custody
at a hotel near Victoria station.
Il am not spy" he protested as
he was conveyed to Scotland Yard.
The Admiralty Intelligence depart
ment, however, had secured over
whelming evidence against him.
Later he showed his hand and made
a complete confession.
Won Bernstorff's Tool.
1t transpired that he was the able
lieutenant of Count Won Bernstorff,
and documents discovered suisse
quently left no doubt as to the ex-
tent of his activities in Great Britain
and Ireland. The spy lost his rea-
son while at Brixton, and rather
than face death in the Tower of
London he destroyed himself.
THE suicide of Kupferle," said the
ex-commandant Of Wandsworth
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09
Damned Rotten Said Boche
Spy of Intelligence System;
It Caught YOU the Reply

activities was that they never trou-
bled much about military move
ments in Great Britain, and were at
no pains to discover whether we
had one million or 20 million SOL
diers in training. 1t was naval in
formation that they sought, and
many of them gladly sacrificed their
lives to obtain the smallest scrap Of
news regarding the disposition Of
the British grand feet.
Feared British Fleet.
"The news which they thus en-
deavored to collect was not for the
purpose of German invasion, but,
as they confessed, for the protection
of their own country against an al
lied attack.
THE German admiralty lived in
terror of the invisible movements
of the British naval units, and for
this reason they priced naval infor-
nation above everything.
Damned Rotten" said Boche.
Il recall many of the kaiser's
leading agents who fell into my
ha ads. One of them was a guards
officer, a naughty, staggering fell
low. you know, commahdant,"
he remarked to me before he was
shot, "Your English intelligence
system is very inferior to the Ger
man--in fact, sir, it is damned rot
ten .-.Ee Fl
Really?' I answered. Rotten as
it is, it has brought you here, and
that perhaps is the finest testimony
to its efficiency.
'Rosenthal, who was arrested as
he was about to board steamer at
Hull, was the greatest coward |
have ever met. He came directly
to London from Berlin, where he
committed some offense, and the
Wilhelmstrasse gave him his choice
of Imprisonment or job in the
secret service. From the moment
he landed here all his movements
were known, and nobody was more
surprised than Rosenthal when
Scotland Yard officers apprehend@d
him at Hull. While at Wandsworth
he repeatedly tried to commit sui
eide. The morning of his execu-
ton The was hanged he broke
down like a child and collapsed on
the scaffold.
"Markes was another active ennis
sary from Berlin. He had a good
run while in England, going from
one port to another, and finally he
only received five years penal SER
vitude. He deserved to be shot, for
he was a dangerous German. An
officer named Rowlands was an
other coward. He wept and was
overcome when led before the firing
squad.
Intrepid Spy Smoked.
Karl Bushmann, naval lieuten-
ant, was the bravest man of the
party. When l read his death SEN
tence to him he did not move a MUS
Gle, and faced his executioners a true
man. He made one request to me
before he was shot, May | smoke?
he asked, and of course I agreed.
Zone of the most interesting per-
sonalities l encountered was an off
Ger of high rank who was arrested in
the east and brought to London. To
this day / cannot understand why
the fellow did not share the fate of
his brother spies. 1t will astonish