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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
NL..h L4~saQ'
Moderate Rain CIeanses
the Ground and the Air

Frequent and moderate rain is the
most effective Of all sanitary agencies.
1t cleanses the ground and the air.
The ammoniacal and other e~xhalations
continually rising from decomposing
animal and vegetable matter are all
more or less soluble In water and are
largely removed by gentle rain.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
1T is TO LAUGH
AmonQ Humorists.

ever borrow an idea?" asked the
young humOrist.
among us professionals it is con-
sidered permissible to borrow back
and FORTH" said the old-timer. "How-
ever, l hope you'll avoid something a
friend Of mine once did, and has been
sorry for ever since"
"What was that?"
He stole a joke from a religious
paper"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Cool.
Pinninu Him Down.

Pinning Him Down.
"You say YOrick Hamm Is a big
movie starr"
"Sure he is"
"Never heard Of him. What's his
salary?"
"Ten thousand dollars"
Fix his class, boy, fix his class. A
week or a year,"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19

stead Of the Giants, the Reds would be
now SO far ahead Of New York that
McGraw's men couldn't see their coat.
tails for the dust.
The Cincinnati club didn't have to
release or sell Fred Toney. 1t let
a most valuable asset get away-a
pitcher who, by this time, would have
virtually cljnched the flag.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Gems of Thought.

The soul Of man is a garden.
where, as he sows. so shall he
reap. If you would gather roses,
do not sow rotten seeds.-Napo-
leon.
A crown, golden in show, is
but a wreath Of thorns; brings
danger, troubles, cares, and
sleepless nights, to him who
wears a regals dialem.-Milton.
1t is a sign that your reputa-
ton Is small or sinking If your
tongue must praise you.-Judge
Hale.
Politeness is a Christian duty.
,Politeness Is Christianity ap-
piled to manners.-Gafl Hamil-
ton.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Spiced Grapes.

Remove the pulp. from six pounds
of grapes. Put in a kettle and boil
until soft; remove the seeds by put,
ting through a sieve. Put pulp and
skins together, add three pounds Of
sugar, n pint Of vinegar. two tablet
spoonfuls of cinnamon, one tablespoon
full of cloves; cook two hours.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19

"Some of us la
dies are trying
to abolish the
dance"
SWELL" said the
polite proprietor
Of the hotel.
"And, as a prac-
tical beginning,
we thought may
be you'd loan us
your ballroom to
hold q meeting
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Beehive.

Il wouldn't in
vest in that con-
Germ. They've got
nothing"
why, I visited
the plant, and it's
a beehive of in
dustry."
"Well, go ahead
if you want to get
stung."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
Old Fashioned.

Mother-Yes, 1 shall certainly put
Dorothy into some profession, so that
she can be of some use in the world.
Dorothy-Oh, mamma, must I?
Can't l be just an ordinary woman
like you?
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
A Selfish Man.

How do you find your meals?"
Excellent"
Then you will recommend themi"
Not |. If l do you'll get a lot more
and then the meals won't be
50 good"
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
DETERMINE YOUR PERFECTNESS TODAYS SCALE FOR HUSBAN
HERE'S PERFECT WIFE RECIPE. ~.
- HAVE YOU THE. INGREDIENTS?

and close contact with them. ....
The most valuable quality of a wife
consider the ability to inspire.
have given 1t fifteen points In the
ia Die OF qualities. An inspiring wife
makes anything possible to her hus-
band. She can inspire her children
also and add to their happiness and
their value to society. 9 ........
Amiability is perhaps the quality
most appreciated by men in women.
A cheerful, good tempered woman
smooths life's difficulties and makes
the home run easily. So have given
It ten points in the table.
J. A woman's love with all it means
OF loyalty, romance, unseltshness and
tenderness is most important. In
picking q wife. no matter what other
qualities she has be sure she is in
love with you.
Charm-that indefnable something
that makes a man proud of his wife.
! consider much more important than
beauty, which l have placed last in
the list
/ In nine cases out Of ten the husband
Of plain wife is more devoted TO her
than the husband OF a beautiful wife.
Domestic efficiency is certainly an
important item in the modern mar
riage. A woman who can spend wise
| ly and well, who can manage the
house and produce efficient, clean
meals, is a necessity. ] have rated
1t at points.
Dependability. courtesy and q sense
OF humor are all important, too. among
the lesser qualities. \ man who
knows that, when his wife says.
81 will be there at a quarter OF four"
means what she says and will show
up on time. is lucky. Courtesy may
seem a small thing but it is one that
wives (and husbands) often lack to-
ward each other. A sense OF humor
is as necessary to wife as husband in
| helping them to laugh their way
through small difficulties and keep
away from the domestic quarrel
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27

Four days later a section of flooring
fell in, and out OF a dark tunnel
sprang an old man. He was the Able
Faria, prisoner for eight years. His
tunnel. dug with arduous toll. had
failed to reach the sunlight. but it
led to fellowship. unsupported by
their jailers, the two men met daily
and studied unwearicdly. Out of his
ripe wisdom and his prodigious mem
ory the Able taught Edmond mathe-
matics. history and languages.
Less guileless than Edmond. he was
able to prove from the youths own
story that Danglars. Fernand and
Nillefort were responsible for his liv-
ing death. SO Edmond had new in
Centive for freedom. He sought re-
vengc. Tho Able revealed, too. the
secret Of the great treasure Of gold
and jewels that lay in a cave on
Monte Cristo, an uninhaLiteJ island
or Italy.
The Yeals rolled on. Another at
tempt t. escape was frustrated by
the paralysis 81 the AObe's right side
Edmond refused to leave him He
was 4 very different man from the
carefrec sailor who had been so sud
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
The Count of Monte Cristo
By ALEXANDRA DUMAS, SR.
Condensation by Alfred s. Clark0

On February IS. 1S1J. Edmond Dantes
sailed into Marseilles. lie was but
nineteen years of age and ardently in
love. His conscience was clear; he
had violated no law. Yet the next
night he was in a cell in the gloomy
Chateau DIFF. a fortress on the bare
rock off Marseilles. And fourteen
years were to pass before he strobe
again in the sunlight.
Three men had wrought his ruin.
DangIars enyied Edmond's rapid pro-
motion. Fernand was Crazed with
live for Mercedes, Edmond's beloved.
Danglars wrote and Fernand dis
patched a letter warning the author
tiles to intercept the missive Edmond
was bearing to Paris. Chance de-
creed that this warning, addressed to
NilIefOrt's father. fell into the hands
Of the unscrUpUlous Nillefort him
self.
OF this dark intrigue Edmond knew
nothing. At his captains dying re-
quest, he had called at Elba where
he had seeu the captive Napoleon and
been intrusted with a sealed letteg.
ViIIeforJ. a turncoat devoted to the
a1srocrac-. had changed his name
TO max. men forget that his father
wa a EOnapartist- He destroyed the
discriminating letter before Edmond $
eyes and promised that the lad should
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
HOW TO, CHOOSE
THE RIGHT CHINA

China, the dishes on which our food
is served to US three times day
for years and years is one Of the
most important choices the new
housewife is called upon TO make.
And few of the sets We began
housekeeping" with survive more than
or 10 years of domestic life. So that
it must be replsced a little more
often than most household furniture.
There is an art in choosing china
and good busineSs judemeut-which
should not be overlooked by the
enthusiastic purchaser in search Of
something pretty.
Buy Small Sets
In the first place. unless the isnli-
ly expects to do elaborate entertain
ing. it is extravagant to buy large
sets of dishes. For the, average fam
lily of two Or four persons the china
spply should include: cups and
saucers. break fast plates, dinner
plates. soup plates or boulliou cups,
. salad plates. 6. bread and butter
plates, platters OF various sizes, >
vegetable dishes. a gravy boat or
bowl, 6 cereal dishes For serving
fruits and desserts the small bowls
or dishes in clear glass. with large
poYl to match are really more at
1ractive than china.
"Open Steek.-
1t is wise to choose the set from an
open stock. pattern-one from which
broken pieces may he replaced IL nee
essary. 1t lis not wise to choose
pattern having a band or decoration
directly on the edge, for in such ware
the slightest nick shows up at once
and ruins the appearance Of the piece
It Is. also good business to choosa
china with smooth surface, as rails
ed surfaces make 1t more difficult to
clean, and invite more hicks and wear
than the plain surface. The highly
glazed china OF good quality is also
the best buy. A poorly glazed surface
cracks easily and is therefore extra
VACANT.
Sinple Type.
The wise housewife avoids the elab-
crate, over-hrieht designs and colors
and chooses the simple, plain types.
with more of white surface than of
color. The fads in. china soon pass
and a. top conspicuous or odd pattern
soon become tireSome'
It IS permiss ible. and even advisable
10 have the salad and plates of a pat
tern Offering from the complete din
ner set Plates OF plain. or decorat-
ed crystal for salads and desserts
are now very good form. and most
attractive. r..
,ln .genersl, caoose good quality chiaa
in moderate amounts, aud in a simple
irconspicuous pattern.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27

denly jerked from the gayety OF a
marriage feast to the gloom Of dun
geon. He was a man Of the world
educated. cynical.
One night he heard a cry OF an
guish. Hurriedly he rolled aside the
great stone that concealed the tun-
mel opening. crawled swiftly to his
neighbor's cell. He found him writh-
ing in agony. At dawn he was dead
That night Edmond carried the
corpse to his own cell and laid II on
his own bed, face to the wall. so that
the jaiIer would think 1t Edmond
asleep. Secreting a crude knife with
which to effect an escape. he then
sewed himself into the coarse sack in
which the jailers had put the body.
Two men later bore out the supposed
corpse, weighted the legs with a great
iron ball and swung the sack power
fully. Edmond suddenly realized that
he was falling from d great height.
He had been flung from the chateau
roof into the sea.
He screamed aloud as he struck the
water, and then the weight dragged
him into the ice-cold depths. He
ripped open the sack. conyuiSively cut
the rope that was knottcd to the shot.
and rose to the surface. lie had not
forgotten how to swim. lie struck
out in the blacAness for an islet Just
as ne was losing hope his knee struck
rock. lie staggered to his feet, ana
ui-Ove him rose q gloomy mass, lis
goal.
At daybresk he flung himself into
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27

than you. And now Is.'s talk aro-.
the weaJAer."
"Ah. Miss Esrick, DeiizL,ful
evening. one or those nights that
make one feel the NothinEl-ss OF tic
Mundane. the Nllnoss Of tine Innr.r-
Ever read William James 'P-yrho
OF That chapter 0r 'Taku-
Moral Holiday giving ono con-
science leave uf absenC" at il were
is sublime. don't you Junk" Nov
that is the trouble with most 0C us
struggling humans. ~"
And indefinitely, Joan 10 The SAM.
vein. He aIWay- upset me-. that
Harvard lfeEuard. u tl.r. d. Cd
sore spot on you anywhere l. mat
ages 10 hit it, And Ir force Eul
10 think and 70 argue He D.. a.--
t,nctly winter arQu1 .rtaU,n In
midsummer 20 ls 80 d-~-.n,- TAIN.
j. he were woman. and -..t~
years old. I'd conhde in ham about
this Capt. Wallis mattel. know
ne would be able 70 help ma thr.a
il out
Oh. Joan. I'm sr miserable -'rr
50 mixed Up.
As write 7 ser q mossen-'r h.-
coming toward the hote1 som, .. -
tuition tells nc its Cor me- r..
Capt Wallis.
Hastily but always CaEuted1y y...-
DETT.n
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27

Why are we all welded to the belief
that to be young is the greatest bles-
sing in the world? Why do we try to
deceive people about our age, and
consider it a fulsome compliment for
anyone to tell that we look younger
than we are? Why do we insist that
We are still young at heart even af-
ter our bodies grow wrinkled. ana
lottery. and decrepit??
There is no particular virtue in
youth. 1t is just an accident that
happens to everyone and that we all
recover from in time. Youth isn't
even interesting in itself
II We would stop to think We should
realize that for anyone not 10 be as
old as his age really means that he
is suffering from a case OF arrested
development
We often hear It said Of parents
that they are so young" that they
are younger than their own chill
dren." It is true. for there IS moth
ing that makes a child so old as TO
have young parents. Somebody In q
family has to grow up and assume re-
sponsibilities, and look out for the
aANAitr hilN Nlltlt pdItHlS refuse 10
do this they throw the burden Of Il
on their children.
Look at the haggard old women with
dyed hair. and painted faces. and
bodies decked out in flapper clothes
who make Of themselves a laughing
stock Think Of the tottering. decrepit
old beaux who ogle pretty girls and
fiirt and chatter about their con-
quests. Can anything on earth be
more disgusting?
Contrast these perpetual youth
fiends with the men and women who
have grown old in. mind along with
their bodies; diEnified men and wonl-
en- who. having lived a full life, arc
content to spend the twilight Of their
days in peaceful contemplation Of the
passing show. with no desire TO min
gle again in its mad whirl.
God send US all the wisdom to grow
up. and keep US from the folly OF
trying To be perpetusllv young For
the whole tribe OF Peter Pans are q
weariness and curse to all of
those who are forced to deal with
them.
tCor-risht 1878. nv the whcrIer Syndicate. Inc
dorothy Dix's articles appear
regularly in this paper every Mon
day Wednesday ard Friday.)
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
The ROMANCES
OF A
SUMNER GIRL
By Zoe Beckley
Copyright 1919 BY n. E. A

Lively Beach. July something,
and anything but lively.
Ny own dear Joan:
/ am dreadfully unsettled about this
Capt Wallis matter. The more L
think over it, the more characterless
do feel. Here am 1. sufficiently
honest with myself and with my
world to set out deliberately upon a
husband-hunt, ermored and weapon
ed, and with courage high.
Yet at the first opportunity to show
my courage, to prove my own convic-
ton that only the foolish woman sits
down and waits indefinitely for Fate,
I grow frightened at a lot OF silly
old conventions, and trot meekly
along in the wake OF MIS-. Grundy.
Who would know, and who would
care, IL suddenly left here for two
weeks for a visit in the mountains
and went to Forest Valley to help
Capt Wallis out OF his difficulty with
his publisher?
l am an expert stenographer. I can
typewrite faster than ninety-one out
Of every hundred stenogs who earn
their living with their slIillful fin
gers. ] have a talent for spelling and
punctuation, and composition.
In short, could absolutely solve
his problem for him at no cost 70 my
self except the chances Of a title
tattle-gossip from q lot Of silly old
people OF whom neither know or
care.
Besides. il is deadly dull here. 7
have either to tow young Ross about
everywhere I so. or spend my even
ings talking philosophy and the high
er education with the Harvard life
guard. Here is a sample OF converse
ton with az young Ross and - the
Harvard lifeguard:
a.
"Oh, How exquisite you're looking
this morning Miss Varick-Dorothy.
Please let me call you Dorothy. its
the sweetest name on earth. Don't
let's walk down that way; it's full OF
people. The dunes path-Ah, please
I've Just rot 10 talk to you alone q
minute-Dor-'
Don't be siil-. Mr.. Ross-no. 1
won't say Jimmie. We aren't acQuaint-
ed enough. Why I've only been here
three We"
u don't care whether lis three
weeks or three hundred years Oh,
darn these women-isn't there any
quiet place we can 90 TO be alone
Yes" I Crinned, we might follow
that bunch out TO the golf links.
Poets tell US one is never SO alone
as in = crowd
Don't laugh at me. You think m
q kid ana all that. But I'm not I'm
older than look. And I've livec
more than most fellows my age. Of
course a girl like you can't under
stand how 4 chap has TO knock
round"
Listen. Jimmie I at last resolved
to tell him the bitter truth, hsve i,
over. and play sister 20 him List
en-, Jimmie, I'm not a bit what you
think I am In the first place I'm
a stenographer. earning my living and
knocking round In the world just
as you are. Secondly, I'm years older
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
CHILDREN'S
SUNRISE STORIES
UNCLE WIGGILI AND TIE
ICE CREAM.
ny HOWARD n. GARIs
Copyright. 1919. The HoC.u-s Sevsppe
SyrdicztsD

Nurse Jane was sick and DR.. Pos
sum had come to make her well.
"Ho. Hum: Let me see" said the
animal doctor, as he felt OF Nurse
James nose. It's quite hot" ne
went on. ut needs cooling. Ice
cream is what she must have"
ice cream for Nurse Jane" ez-
claimed Uncle Wiggily. TIL hop
right over to the and 10 cent store
and get her a big dish OF IT."
The man at the store put a nice
chunk of ice cream in one of those
pasteboard boxes with a pink string
for a handle.
So Uncle Wiggily started to hop
back to his hollow stump bungalow
with the paper box Of ice cream.
now and then changing it from one
paw to the other. as fast as lie telt
chilly.
All Of = sudden out jumped the
unpleasant old skuddlemagoon.
"One moment" cried the Skuddle-
magoon. Il want you, Uncle Wig
giIy. I haven't had any sousc today
! and I need some. Wait minute"
"Oh, 1 can't stop. II You please
said the bunny. q must hurry home
to Nurse Jane, and"
You must stop howled the
! Skuddlemsgoon, and ne caught the
bunny by the ear. And, of course,
Uncle Wiggily had TO stop. And
/ there he stood, while the Skuddlc-
magoon held him by the ear. And
the box OF ice cream in Uncle Wig
Sily's left paw made him feel so
cold that the bunny changed it 10
his right paw. And then, pretty
soon. his right paw became cold and
he changed the box OF ice cream
back to his left paw. And then,
| pretty soon his left paw was getting
| ice cream back to his right paw, ano
then. pretty soon, his right paw got
! cold and he changed the ice cream
! back to
| Hold on there" suddenly cried
! the Skuddlemagoon. Whats all
this fussing about, first holding that
! box in one paw and then the otherT
Then, very impolitely he grabbed
| the box OF ice cream from Uncle
I Wiggily.
| And as soon as the Skuddlema-
goon had it in his paw and he felt
the freezing cold. he let go Of Uncle
| Wigeily's ear and howled:
Vow: Wow! Skow! Bowl oh, this
| is no place for me! I didn't know
freezing cold winter WAS coming sc
! soon. 1 must run home and get out
my fur coat" And away he ran
dropping the box of ice cream.
We'll. I'm glad he's gone" said
Uncle wiggily, as he picked up the
box, and hoped on with il to Nurse
Jane. And before noon it had cooled
her nose and made her all better.
! So this teaches US that ice cream
has its uses, and IL the automobile
doesn't run over the lollypop stick
and make it look flat, like a fried
egg, I'll tell you next about CnclC
i.WiESily and Dtmpies-
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27

soon be free. Even as he spoke the
words, he knew that in the disap-
pearance of this youth lay his own
security
Thus it happened that while the
Corsican came out of Elba by steaItn
and rode to Paris amid tumultuous
cheers. Edmond lay in a dungeon.
The thunder of the guns at Waterloo
did not penetrate the walls of the
Chateau d'It. Napoleon was borne
away to st. Helena; the Hundred
Days We're over. And Dantes knew
naught of these things. He ate out
his heart in thoughts of Mercedes
and wondered what mad freak had
thrust him away from the world OF
men.
Days dragged into years. He lost
track Of time. Confined in a black
and Shiny dungeon. he saw only his
jailer. There were moments when lie
hoped, hours when he despaired
weeks when he raved in impotent
anger. -Four years rolled past. lie
was starving himself TO death Then
he heard = r1sping. scratching noise
The spark Of human hoPe burned
anew. Fl. swallowed his broth: he
INST win lack his strength. Some
where near him was 4 human mole.
bUrrowiug stsalJhIy, worm.nE toward
freedom
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27

The health of q woman is a little
less important than that of her hus-
band because she is at home and
can give better care to any short
coming. She should, however, have
no organic disease, and should be
normally we'll; but not too athletic.
Motherhood Is likely to be harder on
the athletic type Of woman.
Education - book knowledge - is
more important in the wife than
the husband; she is the earliest
teacher of her children and must
answer their questions; also she has
less contact with the outside world
and must depend more upon books.
Ancestry.
Ancestry I rate two points higher
in the wife than the husband. The
woman usually stays with her fam
lily until she marries; a man OFTEN
breaks away at an early age. So {.
woman is affected not only by what
she inherits from parents but by long
The Washington herald., 1919-08-27
Dumas

NeNandre Dumas was Of mixed
blood, the grandson of a French
marquis and a native of the West
Indies. His own father was q pri-
Yate in the French army when the
Revolution broke out He was
swiftly promoted until he held the
rank of general-in-chief in Spain
but he Quarreled with Napoleon
and when he died he left but thirty
acres of land to his widow and two
children.
Alexandra was born on July "a,
1902, in q town not far from Sois-
sons. As boy he had few advan-
tages, for his mother was poor. He
was, however, carefully instructed
by kindly priest He then studied
law but his desire to write drove
him to Paris, where he began his
career by penning vaudeville
sketches and melodramas.
He wrote plays for several years
and his Henri III" scored the first
great success Of the romantic
drama. Short stories appeared at
intervals and then his novels. The
Three Nusketeers" came out in
1S4f and thereafter romance after
romance came in such rapid success
sion that his collected works in
French NIL 227 volumes. He told
Napoleon, Ill that he had written
200 books.
Prodigiously as he worked, he
wasted just as prodigiously. He
ties, and in his last years was con-
had married, in 1910, Ida Ferrier.
live together. His daughter came
--ridden and i'll and on December {,
on the author OF tht. popular ca