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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-05-29

Herbert Hubbard arrived Tuesday
from Camp Dodge, where he was
mustered out of service upon his re-
turn from overseas service. He
wears a wound chevron which he re-
ceived over there, but has completely
recovered and is looking fine as a
fiddle. His many relatives n
friends in this county are mighty
glad to see him back again.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Lesson From the War
Taught the Saving Habit and Its Resulting Profitable Investment

One of the things which this country will bring out of the war is
an increased interest in securities by people who never before considered
such investment, says Popular Mechanics magazine. The small investor
formerly thought of bonds and stocks only in terms of thousands, wholly
beyond his reach, and as entirely belonging to banks and men of wealth.
The War Savings stamps and the government bonds of $50 denomination
mp have not only encouraged thrift but have opened the eyes of the null
titude to the fact that to be a bond owner does not require a kings ransom.
Now We have some twenty million bond holders, and where formerly one
person in seven was thrifty now five out of every seven are savers. We do
not measure up to the stern thriftness of the French, who, by extreme
economy, paid off the war indemnity which the Franco Pruss a war
occaaoned in an incredibly short time. But proportionately we have made
a good start, for we have from the beginning been a nation of wholesale
MASTERS because our resources of every kind were SO enormous. Some
were even ashamed to save, and thought it smart to spend lavishly as fast
as they earned. This condition permeated the entire land. We may well
take genuine pride in a good start on the road to sound common sense and
of a thousand orators in more than a century are forgotten, while these
words of wisdom by Benjamin Franklin live on:
"Save a little of thy income, and thy hidebound pocket will soon
begin to thrive and thou wilt never cry again with an empty stomach
neither will creditors insult thee, nor want Cypress, nor hunger bite, nor
will nakedness freeze thee. The whole hemisphere will shine brighter, and
pleasure spring up in every corner of thy heart.
"Remember that money is of a prolific, generating nature. Money
can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shll-
hngs turned is six, turned again it is seven and threepence, and so on till
it becomes one hundred pounds"
Time was when good bonds were issued chiefly in denominations of
$1,000, with an occasional small proportion of $500 units. To the begin
ner the time required to save enough to buy one bond was SO long he was
discouraged in even making the attempt. Now excellent securities of all
kinds can be had in 500 units, which increases the number of possible
BUYERS by thousands. Once more the frequent caution: Before buying
or exchanging be sure to consult a good banker and so avoid losses.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Catnip Is Found to Be
Cure for Ivy Poisoning,
Says CIergyman's Wife.

Mrs. Evelyn S. Trenbath, wife of
Rev. Robert w. Trenbath, rector Of
st. James Episcopal church Of Mont
clair, N. j., has conferred a boon on
sufferers from poison ivy by o
cling a remedy which those who have
tried it say is a most efficaciOus rem
edy. 1t is simply the green leaves Of
common catnip rubbed on the affect
ed parts until the juice m
This never fails, Mrs. Trenbath
says, no matter how advanced the
case may be, and is simple to use, es-
pecially in the case of children.
The plant grows usually in great
abundance behind old barns, and is
said to be so antagonistic to the ivy
that II planted near 1t the ivy disap-
pears.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Clearing Away the
Wreckage
Belgium's Activity After the War

Before the war Belgium was noted
for density Of population and the high
standard of comfort among its inhab-
itants, all enjoying peaceful condi-
tiOns, and looking forward to their
general continuance. 1t was indus
trial efficiency and a calm, hopeful
spirit that made Belgium so pOpulous,
thrifty and legitimately ambitious in
business. No country was ever more
inOffensive. Live well and contented-
ly, and let others live likewise, was
the evident motto of Belgium. But
autocracy had secretly mapped 1T to
be suddenly Overrun and crushed
when the most powerful army in his
tory swept forward to conquer the
world. Belgium met the first impact,
and looks 1t today. 1t was indomitable
through four years of calamity and
captivity. But it has been saved. II
Is clearing away the w%reckage. There
will be a greater Belgium-one tried
by the fire Of millions of hostile SOL
diers and thousands of annon 1t is
might, not right that is a suppliant
for terms.
What Belgium represented In eco
nomics before the val is an instruc-
tive example for the rest Of the world.
Belgium's old prosperity will return
to her, and more ab~undantly. .
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Edgar Allan Poe Hungry
as He Wrote Some of His
MasterpieCes-Died 1849

When Edgar Allan Poe was a maya
zine editor his salary was $40 q week.
Poe left the New York Quarterly Re
view in or about 1889 because it, and
he and his family, were getting hun
grier with each issue, and removed TO
Philadelphia, accepting a position with
the Gentleman's Magazine. After his
'"Tales of the Arabesque and Gro
tesque" were published, and when his
fame as a poet was growing, he be-
came a member of the staff of Ora
hams Magazine. His contributions and
Mr.. Graham'S business head increased
the circulation of the magazine ten
fold within two years. But he re-
signed the editorship of Graham's be-
cause Of his restless temperament and
returned to New York in 1912. He
never regained his footing. Mrs. Poe
died in 1S47, and he drifted further
from his m%oOrings.
He was in such straits in 1S4S that
he might have snatched at any oppor-
tunity. He died in October, 1S49. .
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Elephants Are Either
Right or Left-Handed
in Using Their Tusks

Elephants are 'right-handed" and
"left-handed" in using their tusks, and
an examination Of the tusks Of any
particular elephant will reveal the
class to which the elephant belongs.
An elephant uses only one tusk most
Of the time 1t Is digging for salt earth,
uprooting trees or tearing up roots,
q Y a contributor to the Field. When
fits working tusk becomes badly rsoken
IL turns to the other, just as n man
who has injured his right hand takes
to his left. The tusk must be very Sc
verely damaged before the elephant
will give up using 1t in preference to
the other.
The working tusk becomes worn
and smooth toward the end-so much
worn, In fact, that it is often apprecia-
bly, shorter than the other and fire.
quently the tip has been broken off.
After that has happened the jagged
edge becomes gradually worn smooth,
and In the course Of years pointed
again. but the working tusk is always
blunter than the other.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
An Irish Poetess, Born
in County Cavan, Author
of kathleen Mavourneen''

The words Of the famous song,
kathleen M~avourneen," were written
by Mrs. Julia M. Crawford, an Irish
poetess, who was born In County Ca
van, toward the close of the eighteenth
century. BY taking up her abode In a
small town in Wiltshire, England, and
where she resided for many ears, her
biographers have been led into the
error Of supposing that she was of
English birth. Besides Kathleen Ma
vourneen," she wrote over a hundred
lyrics, mostly Irish in sentiment, and
published, with f. n. Crouch as the
composer of the music, in a volume Of
"Irish Songs" in 1910. Mrs. Crawford
also contributed a great deal of verse
for the Metropolitan Magazine, edited
by Captain Marryat, in London be-
tween 1880 and 1910. 1t was in this
magazine that Kathleen Mavourneen'
first appeared.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Braddock Scoring Advice
of Americans, Was Licked
by French and Indians

In ITS, on the ninth Of July, the
Battle of the Monongahela, commonly
known as Braddock's Defeat, took
place. Major General Braddock was
the commander of the British forces in
America during the French and Indian
war. He was sent over from England
10 expel the French from their en-
croachments west of the Allegheny
mountains. Scoring the advice Of the
Americans, who were accustomed to
the Indians tactics, Braddock marched
his army Of 1,20O British regulars and
1000 Colonial militia openly toward
Fort Du Quesne and vas ambuscaded
and totally routed by q force of 200
French and 600 Indians. The panic
stricken troops were saved from com-
plete destruction by Washington, who
with the rank of militia colonel was
serving as an aid to Braddock. Brad
dock himself and so of his officers
We're killed.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Tree Juice and Seeds
From Which Candies Are
Made in Other Lands

There are three kinds Of trees from
which tallow candles can be made. One
is a native of China, and is called by
bOtanists stillingia sebifera. The seeds
in its fruit are covered by q waXlike
substance used by the natives for max
ing candles.
Another tallow tree grows in the
Western Ghauts Of India, about 1000
feet above sea level. The height OF
the tree, which is an evergreen, is
about GO feet. 1t is called the valeria
indica. It's seeds yield a pale yellow
ish fat, solid and concrete. By boil
ing the fruit the fat is easily procura-
BILE, and is then either made into
candles or soap, or it may be burnt in
lamps.
A third tree from which tallOw can
dies may be made is the African but
ter tree, or Shea tree. It's fruit eXudes
q yellow, greasy juice, which is manip-
ulated in a similar manner to those
already described and with equally
useful results.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Snake Pur!0iner Shared
BY Swallowing Nest-Egg

81 had been losing eggs for some
time. and had been laying the loss to
some hounds of a neighbor which were
frequently around" writes l.. B.
Holmes in Boys Life. perhaps some
Of the loss vas justly laid to them. One
night / found only one egg in a house
where / thought there should be quite
a number, and was just leaving the
house when l discovered q black snake
about six feet long, with a knot or
bunch in his middle that looked as if
1t might be an egg. l killed him and
carried him to the dwelling house,
where l opened him to get the other
egg. 1t proved to be a glass nest-egg.
1t had probably prevented his escaping
through the hole he entered the hen
house by and SO proved a snare for
him."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
FROM GOLD SOULS"

The world, not hushed, lay as in trance
1t saw the future In it's van,
And drew it's riches In advance,
To meet the greedy want Of man:
Till length OF days, untimely sped,
Left its accounts unaudited.
The sun, untired. still rose and set
Swerved not an instant from It's beat;
1t had not lost a moment yet.
Nor used In vain its light and heat:
But, as in france, from when 1t rose
To when IL sank, man craved repose.
A holy light that shone OF yore
He saw, despised, and left behind.
His heart was rotting to the core
Locked In the slumbers of the mind;
Not beat of drum, nor sound OF fife,
Gould rouse II to a sense Of life.
A cry was heard, intoned and slow,
or one who had no wares to vend;
His words were gentle, dull and low,
And he called out: "Old souls to mendi'
He peddled on from door to door,
And looked not up TO rich or poor.
His step kept IN as IL in pace
With some old timepiece in his head.
Nor ever did it's way retrace;
Nor right nor left turned he his tread.
But uttered still his tinker's cry
To din the ears Of passersby.
So well they knew the olden note,
Few needed what the Tinker spake,
Though here and there an ear it smote
And seemed a sudden hold to take;
But they had not the time to stay,
And it would do some other day.
Still on his way the Tinker wends,
Though jobs are far between and few;
And here and there a soul he mends
And makes 1t look as good as new.
Once set to work, once fairly hired,
His dull old hammer seems inspired.
Over the task his features glow;
He knocks away the rusty flakes,
A spark flies off at every blow;
At every rap new life awakes.
The soul once cleansed Of outward sins,
His subtle handicraft begins.
Like iron unannealed and crude,
The soul is plunged into the blast,
To temper it, however rude,
IT'S next in holy water cast;
Then on the anvil 1t receives
The nimblest stroke the Tinker gives.
The Tinker's task is at an end,
Stamped was the cross by that last blow.
Again his cry, "Old souls to mend!"
Is heard in accents dull and low.
He pauses not to seek his pay
That, too, will do another day.
Now steadfastly regard the man
Who wrought your cure Of rust and roti
You saw him ere the work began.
Is he the same, or is he not?
You saw the Tinker; now behold
The Envoy of a God Of old.
Thomas Gordon Hake.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
FOURTEEN POINTS
IN POULTRY RAISING

/. Select vigorous breeds.
2. Hatch the chicks early.
3. Do not allow growing chicks to
crowd.
4. Provide plenty Of shade.
8. Raise the young chicks on clean
ground away from the general flock.
8. Gull the flock.
z. Grow your own poultry feed.
8. Feed a well-balanced ration with
plenty of variety and, If possible, give
free range.
8. Supply an abundance Of fresh
water.
10. Keep the house clean and well
ventilated.
IL. Destroy lice and mites.
u. Keep the nests clean and well
Uttered.
ID. Confine or sell all cOckbirds.
ii. Gather the eggs frequently and
keep them In a cool place.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Verified Calculation
Shows Speed of Light
10000 Miles a Second

The velocity Of light was obtained
by the Danish astronomer Roemer In
1916, by observing the ecplises Of
Jupiter's moons. When the earth vas
nearest to Jupiter, the eclipse appeared
about eight and one-half minutes too
for the calculations, and when
the earth was most remote from Jupi-
ter they were about eight and one-half
minutes too late. Roemer concluded
the reason to be that 1t required II
minutes for light from the planet to
traverse the diameter of the earth's
orbit, which measured the difference
of the distances Of the earth from Ju-
piter. This calculation has since been
verified, and proves that light travels
about 10000 miles a second.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Some Con'ts for All Who
Would Toll 365 Days the
Year and Taking No Rest.

Don't work 365 days a year, not
w~ithstanding that some other troJans
did that year after year in their days
of struggle. Take vacations.
Don't, however, let pleasure-seeklng
%supplant success-seeking.
Don't become wholly self-centered.
Don't succumb to the temptation 70
be too busy to have any time to be "a.
tionally sociable.
Don't cultivate excluSiveneSs
Don't forget that there are no ex.
press trains to the summit Of success.
Don't look for any escalator to do
your climbing for you.
Don't depend upon others to push
you along.
Don't count upon any pull" which
you yourself did not create.
Don't fancy that others succeeded
because of mere luck, and that you
are where you are solely because folk
did not come your way.
Don't expect to hear Opportunity
knocking at your door until you have
trained yourself to recognize her when
she comes
Don't eat more than you feel you
have to.
Don't oversleep.
And finally;
Don't forget that things are apt to
go right if we do.-Forbes Magazine.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Secret of Success Is
Doing Work Right Way

The secret Of success is not a secret.
Nor Is 1t something new. Nor is II
something hard to secure. To become
more successful, become more efficient.
Do the little things better. So work
that you will require less supervision.
The least supervision Is needed by the
person who makes the fewest mis-
takes. Do what you cal do and what
you should do for the institution for
which you are working, and do it in
the right way, and the size Of your in.
come will take care Of itself. Let your
aim ever be to better the work you ara
dOing.-ThOmas Dreier.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Wax Will Keep
!. Varnish From Wearing Off

If vanished hardwood floors are
rubbed with prepared wax 1t will pre-
vent the varnish from wearing off. Rub
the wax on with the balls of the fin
gers, as 1t takes less wax that way.
Let it dry for Is or 20 minutes, then
polish with a heavy flannel cloth. This
need be done only once In five OF six
weeks except in places where there is
a great deal of YEA IN those places
rub 1t on every week.. III craftsman,
hand-polished furniture IS kept In fine
,ondition by the s of wax.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Gems of Thought.

We cannot conquer fate and
necessity, yet we can yield to
them in such a manner as to be
greater than IL we could.-Lan-
dor.
Love is like flame-light as
many fresh flames at 1t as you
win, It grows instead Of dimin-
ishing, by the dispersion
Kingsley.
Cruelty like every other vice,
requires no motive outside It
self; it only requires oppor-
tunity.
Obstinacy and vehemency in
opinion are the surest proofs OF
stupidity.-Barton.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12

Wagner, since his retirement from
baseball, has devoted his time to
chicken raising at his home in Car
negie, Pa, but 1t is reported that the
famous old slugger longs for the
stress and strife of a pennant fight
and that he is eager to get back into
the game. Wagner never has had any
managerial experience, but he is a
past master Of the art of baseball In
a.. It's phases.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12


boss for an in
crease in salary.
Told h i l
couldn't live on
the sum l was
getting"
what did he
say?"
"TOld me it was
q business not q
~life-saving institu-
ton he was run
ming"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Making Use of Advantages.

You will find that every great mas
ter has used what was excellent in
his predecessors. and this fact has
made him great. Men like Raphael
do not grow spontaneously. They had
their root in the great works Of an
tiquity. Had they not made use Of
rhe advantages open to them, there
woulc s TO say about them
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Hans Wagner May Pilot
New Baseball Club to
Be Added to the A. A.

Efforts are now being made to or
ganize a club in Akron, o., which will
seek a franchise in the American AS
ISOLATION next season, and If the
project is successful, Hans Wagner,
1t is said, will pilot the team and part
ly control the stock in the club.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Ones. Native Flower.

Finding ones native flower thou
sands of miles from home seems to
annihilate distance. Exile is not
exile, If ii be to a country where the
wild rose can grow.-Helen Hunt
Jackson
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
NLu: MLa4~s&
Bad and Good Men.

Men are always thinking that they
are going to do something grandly
wicked to their enemies, but when II
comes to the point really had men are
just as rare as really good ones.-Ber
nard Shaw.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Smart Sayings.

The airs of some people are
Of the cyclone pattern.
The milk Of human kindness
often tastes Of the can.
The thicker the letter q wOm-
an writes the less there Is In it.
When a sailor falls out Of his
ship he feels as If he were all in.
It's safer to knock some men
down before turning the other
cheek.
The only way you car have
fun with some people is to
make them angry.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Mothers Cook Book

God thought to give the sweetest thini
In his almighty power
To earth; and deeply bordering
What 1t should be, one hour
In fondest Joy and owe OF heart
Outweighing every other,
He moved the gates of heaven apart
And gave to earth, a Mother.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Detachable Ears for Dolls.

Detachable ears to be fastened to
iolls' heads, the invention Of an Ala
Dama woman, r said to give a more
Me}ike appearance than when the
ears are integral parts of the heads.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Primitive Independence.

swell! Well! Here's a queer old
codger driving an OK team. It's the
first time I've seen an outfit like that
in years."
II suspect the driver is q philosophic
man."
"Why sol"
II noticed he wore a superior smile
just now when he rumbled past q
gasoline station"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Why He Stayed Away.

"We missed you at the family pic
mic the other day."
"Yep. 1 decided 1t was better to
be missed than mussed."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
With the ~Jokesmiths
Business and Scholarship.

"DO you think a college education
helps a man in ~business?"
mot right away" answered Mr..
Dustin Stax. But after a man gets
rich enough to indulge in litigation,
school training will help a great deal
in answering the lawyers questions"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Doing Ii EarIy--and Late.

"Mrs. Bargins is forever on the 60"
Il should say so. Why, home for
her is merely a temporary shelter be.
tween shopping tours"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Punch,

Upon q tablespoonful Of good tea
pour two quarts of boiling water. Have
ready the juice and Feelings Of three
lemons and n orange. When the tea
has STEPPED five minutes, strain, add a
cupful Of sugar and CO I; add to the
fruit Juice and serve with ice.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-12
Blackberry Shrub.

This may be made of fresh fruit or
the canned juice may be used. For
every cupful of the juice take half a
cupful of cider vinegar and two cup
fuls of sugar. Put the fruit, sugar I'd
vinegar owe the fire and stir until the
sugar Is dissolved and boil to a thick
strip. Skim If necessary, strain and
bottle. When served allow one-fourth
of a cupful Of the strip to three
fourths of q cupful of cold water.