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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
The Great Constructor.

"What we want Is constructive criti-
cism," said the artist.
what Is your idea Of constructive
criticism?"
1.-THE kind our press agent writes"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
FALL SMILES
Doesn't Wait for Him TO Offer Il.

II sometimes wish you'd give me
a little money without my having to
ask for it," said she.
II sometimes wish you'd give me
the chance" said he.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
Snow Huts Are Warm.

A temperature between 80 and 90
degrees is maintained In Eskimo snow
huts.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
Mothers Cook Book

Cherish friendship in you breast,
New Is good, but old is best.
Make new friends, but keep the old
Those are silver, these are gold.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
Many Rubber Stamps.

II has been estimated that 100.000.O00
rubber stamps are In use In the United
States.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
NUu. Me4~,lQ
Whale Slow But Sure.

The ordinary speed Of q whale IL
about five miles an hour. Hard
pressed, a speed Of Is has been re.
corded, but not beyond that.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
A Royal One.

What a pretty
flush Miss Bertha
had in her cheeks
the other evening"
mot half as p &c
ty q one as / had In
my hand
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
Holding Il Over Him.

ToIuTNy N OVcT TIM.
"That fellow can't pay you. Why
don't you call his account squareT
"Wouldn't do" said the merchant.
He'd Immediately want to open up
another line Of credit"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
A SWe ct Ome!st.

Separate the whites and yolks Of
the eggs using four, six or eight, the
number suitable to the family appe-
tite. Beat well, season with salt and
a dash Of cayenne, add as many table
spoonfuls of cold water as there are
eggs, adding it to the yolks when beat
ing them. Turn the yolks into the
stiffly beaten whites; pour into a hot
well-buttered, smooth ome,et pan TO
which has been added a half cupful Of
blanched almonds. Cook as usual.
fold and serve with hot maple strip.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
What to Have for Breakfast.


If a woman be her own maid, as sta.
tistics tell us 50 per cent Of us are,
a dainty satisfying breakfast is her
family's by a little preparation in ad.
vance. An alarm clock to insure the
right time OF rising will give ample
He who goes mornings from a quiet
house, comfortable and well ordered
Is twice as capable as his neighbOr
whose wife either leaves MIN to pre-
pare his w meal or. comes down with
disordered hair and apparel. and
whines at him from across a miserable
breakfast.
The uniform breakfast advocate
by some is a most convenient one as
1t saves brain fag; you know just what
you are to prepare and the family
knows just what they will have: how
ever, the most of us like an occasional
break from fruit ana cereal, eggs and
bacon, either or both, toast and coffee,
with perhaps q doughnut or cookey
to finish off with.
"A piNdSihS NoiACty III tuC uully IlGuu
Is secured by having a variety of pre-
pared cereals as well as those which
need cooking. In this way there is
no chance to tire of any one kind and
the favorites may be repeated more
often.
Goldfish balls, brOiled or baked
mackerel, finnan haddie and smoked
salmon are fish dishes which are per-
MISSILE for the first meal of the day.
Of the meats the favorites are bacon,
ham, chops, corr beef hash, frizzled
beef and calf's brains.
Eggs are universally used as a break
fast dish and are served in so many
ways that n tires of them.
Omelets form an especially desirable
egg dish. Scrambled, fried, poached,
cooked in the shell, cooked in ramekins
with cream, and eggs in combination
with rice and other foods too
Gus to mention are all desirable dishes.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
Still Popular.

Eyes, I manufacture candles"
"Dear me, do people s candles
stillT
"Oh yes. I sell a good many for
birthday cakes"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
Encouragement.

Encouragement.
"Can you find room for this little
poem I dashed off todayT"
Certainly; plenty Of room. There
isn't a thing in the waste-basket just
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
ASK CHANGES IN
WAR RISK ACT

instruments covering a period Of not
less than three years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
SUN SHIP LEAGUE

Rolled on Costa's Alleys December 2:
rOGT DAYpnTT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
RODGERS WON'T "PR0"
w. Virginia Captain Refuses Fab,

w. Virginia Captain Refuses Fabu'
lous offers to Play on ohio Teams
Morgantown. w. Va, Dec. O. Cap
tain Ira f. Rodgers, West Virginia S
star fullback, considered n sure all
American selection, will not play pro-
fesional football although he is through
MS college athlete. He has received
fabulous offers from the Ohio profes-
sional elevens.
The teams we're after Rodgers all
through the season just closed. Rodgers
is a star baseball player, too, and has
been rendered contracts by the Phillies,
New York Giants and Cincinnati, but
will not accept any of these, as he is
majoring in chemistry, and when he fn-
ishes here has flattering opportunities
in his chosen work.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

Frank Baker started to retire FIVE years
ago, and some day hopes to find one.
date for the job.
Frank Brazil was with the Brooklyn
club last spring in Jacksonville and
did well in the early workouts. He
played first and second base, but after
konetchy signed and Schmandt recov-
cred from spiking himself, he was sent
to Hartford where he led the league
in hitting. From Hartford he wandered
up to Winnipeg and continued to wallop
the ball in fine style.
lie is youngster and lives in Frank
lin, Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
CONNIE MACK GETS
NEW THIRD SACkER
Athletic Leader Opens Season
by Signing Brazil, Formerly
of the Dodgers

Connie Mack officially opened the
1920 baseball season today when he
dropped nickel in the phone slot and
called up the sports department.
"Got n new player" said Connie.
"Got him from Charley Ebbetts today.
Name is Brazil and he plays third base:
They say he is n whale of a player"
All of which means that Connie has
n new face to introduce to the fans next
season, provided the new face blends
with the infield scenery after session
in the training camp. The AS have
been looking FOR third sacker since
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
HARVARD TRIP UNDECIDED
Athletic Committee to Take Action
on Pasadena Game Today

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 3 3.--Whether
Harvard University would accept the
invitation to have its football team
play at Pasadena, Calf, New Years
Day was still undecided today. Dean
lie Baron r. Briggs, chairman of the
committee on athletics, snid that he
would place the matter again before
the full committee late today
Objections to the trip developed
among the faculty, it was learned, be-
cause of request for two days ex-
tension of the Christmas holiday and
the interruption to studies likely to be
caused by football practice prior to
the teams departure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
Blind. OF 12e 81
Totals sic 7o4 7ee
Totals TIA 658 610
GIrI.E
Totals s17 $50 s2s

IIfDIN11N IIIzh lIIlENHO . II
Rolled on Keystone Alleys, Dec. 2.
KEYSTONE MAIN LINE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
STRIKES AND SPARES

Psynaster in the Sun Ship League lost
three games to Accounting last evening on
Costa'B Alleys. This now places Account
lng In the lead, with Payma sters second.
Payroll won three from Cost and Hull Draft
inn won two from Engine Drafting.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

Toledo for Grand Handicap Shoot
Toledo. o., Dec 8.--Representatlves Of
the executive and eInateur committees of
the American Trap Shooting Association are
here oday to inspect sites offered for the
holding OF the Grand American handicap
tournament here next August.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

H'mbsch 1e9 17o 100
Hdcp... 8 -. -.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Catching a Gator

'sWE were standing on the bank
and the gator lashed his tail
and swept sheets OF mud and water
over US, all the while the banging of
his terrifying jaws sounding like the
echoes Of a bass drum. To cap the
climax. rain began to fall in torrents.
twist Of the rope that was noosed
arounl his neck sent loop around
his snout, just as cowboy in cir
Gus binds a willing victim hand and
foot by whirling loop after loop around
arms and legs. Finally the gator was
hauled out on the bank. He kept
lashing his tail, but the action Of his
jaws was interfered with by the rope.
I picked favorable moment and
reached for his snout and while 1 held
his mouth closed Snyder muzzled him
securely with the rope Then with a
stout sapling secured to his head and
projecting few feet beyond his snout
we began to truss him up
I'VE lashed his body to the sapling.
Then we closed in on his tail and Sc
cured that. After that all he could
do was wiggle and roll his eyes. Sny-
der took hold Of one end Of the pole
and | took the other and we slid him
into the wagon. He weighed 210
pounds. Driving back, his head rested
on the floor of the wagon under the
seat between the feet Of myself and
Mrs. Ditmars. We caught another al
ligator that weighed eighty pounds.
Both Of these are on exhibition here at
the Zoo.
"But still we needed big diamond
back rattler, so finally we started out
IN the wagon especially to get them
They are to be found on the dry ham
mock land. We took two guides
Charles Horton and Sam Greaves.
/ They were mounted and riding ahead
of the wagons
abruptly their horses reared and
wheeled about in az effort to bolt. We
were almost on top of them and could
hear the buzz of big rattler Snyder
jumped from the wagon and there
was the dismond-back coiled up in the
saw grass, head poised to strike. Sny-
der dropped a copper wire over his
head and drew it taut 1t didn't take
long after that to get him into a sack.
He was over five feet long.
eve had left the girls home that day
because their mother feared they
might be bitten. They used to run
and jump around in the saw grass and
scare us, for while they wore leg
gins they might have leaned over to
pick berry and been struck
"On the way back to camp Mrs Dit
mars said that she was very glad we
hadn't brought them with US. They
came running to meet us when we
reared the camp and Gladys shouted
We've caught the prize specimen
We've got big rattlesnake!'
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
The cotton naOuthed ,cater moe
casin isn't the genslen.a,ly rep
tile that the rattlesnake is. He
strikes ,Cith0Lf suarn,aig

hurled more than yard away by the
ant lions.
Sometimes when food isn't pler:i.
full because the game has grown wary
the ant lions make trails or trenches
from crater to crater. Ants like to
walk in grooves. discovered that for
myself and so did the ant lion. BY
making these trails the lions increase
the prospect of bringing a victim to
the edge Of their craters. After that
the rest is easy. After tims the
lions spin cocoons and finally emerge
as form of dragon fly and depart for
brief period of romance.
II brought back with ME several
trunk trays filled with the proper kind
Of sand and number of lions. These
wasted no time about excavating their
craters, and l see that they are kept
supplied with ants by means of strings
rubbed with bacon grease. The ants
cross these strings and, hoping to find
the source of this enticing odor, trace
them into the trunk trays, where they
quickly come afoul of the lion pits.
plan to exhibit these little creatu res at
the Zoo also.
Cali the time we were getting these
kind Of specimens we were on the
lookout for rattlers, but without get
ting any.
eve discovered also that alligators
had retreated from the more accessible
streams to quiet lagoons where they
live like monarchs. One day we heard
an alligator believing and decided that
he must be a big fellow. We located
him in lagoon about seven miles from
our camp. We started after him With
horse and wagon, travelling through
the swamp over a corduroy road made
of cypress logs in splendid conli. on
1t had been laid by Sherman's engi-
neers during the Civil War.
"On either side of us were grove.
of great trees bearded with Spanish
moss. Rank vegetation grew all about
Before we had gone far our horse wa.
in water up to his belly, for the river
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Daring Daughters

ssT THOUGHT they must have caught
little one, but to humor them
went to provision box turned upside
down near some bushes not far from
the cabin.
Gladys heard him buzz Beatrice
told me. and then we saw him almost
under the bushes. We called grand
father and l told him l had seen you
catch snakes often enough to know
how myself. I told him that if he'd
get ready to drop the box over him
I'd tease him until he coiled himself.
/ poked stick at him until he coiled.
Grandfather dropped the box and then
to make sure of him we pushed stakes
in the ground and nailed them to the
box
Il walked over to the box" continued
Mr.. Ditmars, "and kicked the box
over There he was, coiled and buzz
ing. l had expected little fellow, but
he was one of the biggest I'd ever
seen. We dropped the box back over
him and later noosed him and put him
in sack. Then I examined the box.
He had struck the side of it and there
were two big smears like varnish down
one side-enough poison to kill score
of men.
We've got him in an exhibition
case here in the reptile house now, but
I'll never see him without shivering to
think of my daughters adventure with
him"
Mr.. Ditmars walked over to the case
containing the two big rattlers caught
on the Southern trip. There were
several other smaller diamond-backs
in the same case, but the new arrivals
were twined about each other. A grour
of awe struck school children were
looking at them open mouthed. Mr.
Ditmars raped On the glass front o.
the case, which is size smaller thar
New York apartment bathroom.
The other rattlers ignored the rap
ping, but the strangers reared thei,
heads and began to shake their rattle.
menacingly.
"His fangs are about an inch long
If he struck you on the forearm.
boasted Mr.. Ditmars, you'd be dead i,
something like fifteen minutes. Blu
at that he is a gentleman compare,
with the silent. nk-without-warnin,
cotton mouth moccasin."
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Southern Variety

ssWIE CAUGHT number of cotton
w mouth moccasns and copper
heads, both vcnomous species, besides
the non-poisonous king snakes, coach
whips, rat snakes, chicken snakes, black
snakes, scarlet snakes, hog nosed, ring
necked, red bellied water and black
water snakes. We got two big alliga-
tors, some small ones and about 15O liz
ards, frogs and toads. We also brought
back specimens Of the Venus flytrap,
or pitcher plant, which lives on insects
it traps in its tubular, hooded body
that grows as high as a mans waist.
In the base Of this odd plant there is a
sweet smelling substance that attracts
insects. 1t is watery fluid, and the in
sects lured inside are drowned in it
and then digested. Once inside the
hood the bugs or flies find they can't
crawl out because Of the ella or down.
ward pointing hairs on the inside of
the plant.
zone variety Of grub we found living
in most of the pitcher plants we
opened. 1t leads a semi. aquatic life in
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24

powder the time Of the burning Of the
charge would be something of the ma
ture of one twenty-afth of second.
"But the quality which caused the
discovery Of these gelatinized powders
to revolutionize tactics both by land
and sea was that they were smokeless
In gunpowder there is much that takes
no part in the combustion and is ex-
PEELED as fine dust 1t is this which
causes the smoke which always accom-
panies the use of gunpowder, and which
not only fouls the gun but made aim
ing an impossibility after the first VOL
ley in continued firing.
"The great feature of Admiral de
Saumarez, the local hero Of Guernsey,
was that he drove his frigate by night
between two French men-of-war that
were lying parallel to one another and
fired simultaneously both his broad
sides at them, and then sailed away,
leaving each to blow the other out of
the water in the belief that it was fir
ing at the adversary that had dared to
vented either discovering it's mistake.
"But in the new powder nothing is
left unconsumed. The whole is turned
into invisible gas. Aiming, therefore,
continues possible; indeed each shot is
sighting shot for the next This
makes it imperative that the position
of guns should not be altered by firing
in order that they may correct their
aim by past results, and they are there
fore mounted in cradles, with arrange
ments to take up the recoil and return
the gun to its original position after
firing. Quick-fring and machine guns
can be used with accuracy, and their
use is now the fundamental considera-
tion in much of our military tactics. 1t
would be hard to exaggerate the extent
to which military science has been
changed by this invention Of smokeless
powder"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Science and Inventi0n
Despite Prohibition We Still Have Pink

year I had been unable to get any
worthwhile snakes from my usual
sources of supply. l learned why on
this trip. The severe winter of 1918
killed an immense amount of reptile
life, thereby offsetting in large de-
gree for the Southern planter the dam
age done his fruit groves.
Few of the snakes had gone below
the frost line, and consequently they
were frozen to death, countless thou
sands of them, and especially the dead
ly moccasin. But there is one species
too crafty to be caught by cold
winter. That is the diamond back
rattler.
"The Southern rattler goes down
deep for his winter nap; goes deep
enough to be below what would be the
frost line in the North Usually he
winters way down in the bottom of
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24

the fluid that traps the bugs the plant
feeds on. The grub eats it's share of
this easily gathered food, growing fat
on the unfortunate bugs Then it
crawls to the top Of the plant, spins it's
cocoon on the under side of the hood
and stays there until it is ready to
begin life in winged state. Then it
emerges and, avoiding the treacherous
hairs that would entanglc it's wings,
flies away. Ny advice to lazy cntomol-
ogists is to get their specimens by cut
ting open pitcher plants. We found
all sorts of insects in those we opened.
"Another interesting creature we
found was the ant lion. We brought a
number of these North with us and
plan to put some of them on exhibition
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24

at the Zoo. Ant lions are insects, but
in trapping their prey they display all
the military cunning of Won Hinden-
burg. Maybe they are a little better
than he was
"The ant lion is perhaps half an
inch long. On the front of it's body
are powerful mandibles or pincers, and
it's first act after Matching is to use
these to dig crater.
ut does this By shooting the grain.
of sand away from it's body, using its
mandibles or pincers very much like
q boy shooting marbles with his first
finger and thumb. The mother alwsy,
lays her eggs in the shadow of scrul
oak trees, where the sand is loose ant
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
The Hapjack turtle is consid-
cred a delicacy by the negroes
along the Savannah rirer

crevices at the root Of pine trees, in
natural caverns, filled with partly de-
composed pine needles, which generate
certain amount of heat.
"But there are plenty Of snakes if
one looks for them in the right place,
and plenty more even when you are
not looking for them. So you can bet
that we were glad when DR.. Gilbert
van der Smissen, of The Bronx, came
down to join us, bringing a complete
outfit for the treatment of snake bites,
including tubes of rattlesnake serum,
rubber ligatures and permanganate of
potassium. He had administered the
serum to persons bitten at the Zoo and
said he wanted to see how snakes were
caught. Knowing he was there, we
went about our work q lot more cheer
fully.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24

shifting. So when the crater is
finished it is a depression that locks
like the print of some cone shaped IN
strument. In the bottom partially
covered by sand is the ant lion. An
ant seeking food approaches the edge
Of the crater. The sand under it be-
gins to shift and the tiny insect bcg:ns
to slide into the crater. This arouses
the ant lion. Instead of rushing up
and grabbing its victim it then begins
to lombard it with sand, shooting a
grain at time with stunning force
and machine-g -gunlike rapidity until the
victim is helpless and rolls down the
declivity into the Jaws Of it's enemy.
The Anf Lion
ssWIHEN the lion has sucked the ant
dry it proceeds to shoos the
carcass away from the vicinity of The
crater so that the victims friends
and relatives won't be warned away
from the pit. have seen the carcasses