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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
"TiNkER RS DAM"

d ELYING solely upon the
IN phonetic sound Of this ex-
preston, 1t appears TO be dis
tinctly profane and a number Of
writer's have fallen into the err
o Of spelling dam" as If it
were the word derived from the
same ource as condemn"
To say that a person or a
thing Is mot worth a tinker's
dam" Is, however, not related
in any manner TO profanity, but
gets It's meaning from the fact
that q tinker's dam was q wall
Of dough or soft clay raised
around q spot which q plumber,
in repairing, desired to flood
with solder. The material Of
which this dam was made could
be used only once and was then
thrown away as utterly worth
less. Meanwhile, 1t had served
the purpose of stopping or dam
ming up the molten metal. The
%colloquial smile is, therefore,
derived from this short period
Of usefulness and not from any
widespread use of the word
damn" on the part Of thinkers or
plumbers. (Copyright)
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27
TO
THINK ABOUT
Bv r. A. WALKER


than health and hat death is GER
tain TO triumph over life.
4
We a only establish the rule Of
evil by s~uppressing the rule of good.
Darkness is In itself nothing it IS
only the absence of light.
Silence is only the absence Of
sound.
Death is only a local ceasing Of the
phenomena of life.
The way to get rid Of darkness is
to let in the light.
The way to get rid Of evil is to let
in and encourage good.
Perhaps we should not blame the
poor savage in Ecuador for failing TO
believe in God and having a liberal
supply OF devils. He has not yet been
able TO think out the truth.
But. we who are wiser and, We hone
better for that wisdom, shoAd see TO
1t that as little as possible of devil
worship creeps into our e~xistences
and influences our lives.
(Copyright)
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27
Three YEAR old
WASHED ASHORE
Mrs. Dingman Tells of Adventure
of Childhood When Fathers
Ship Was Wrecked.
RELATES LATER EXPERIENCE
Declares That the Way Tanlac Re.
stored Her Health Is More Re-
markabIe Than Anything She
Has Ever Had Happen
to Her.

"Pve had some remarkable eXpe-
rieDces In my life, but none more Won
6erful than the way Tanlac overcame
my troubles and made me gain twen-
ty pounds" was the statement Of Mrs.
Christina X. Dlngman, 1916 Alice ST.,
Oakland, Calf. One of the experiences
to which Mrs. Dingman refers is we'll
known to her friends. When q child
OF three years, accompanying her ia
Their, q noted sea captain, on an ocean
trip, the vessel was wrecked, but she
was almost ~miraculOusly saved, the
small box into which she was put be-
Ing washed ashore. According to her
statement, Mrs. Dingman enjoyed the
best Of health until three years ago
when she began TO suffer from a bad
form OF stomach trouble and later
from rheumatism. How she was COM
pletely restored to health is best told
I'm her own words:
Nobody knows how l suffered for
the past three years. No matter how
carefully | ate / would endure ago
DleS dlteTWHTuS IRON SllOIleIlHS anu
sinking spells. Sometimes they were
SO severe l would fall to the floor and
would have to be carried to bed. l
rent for days at a time without eat
ing, as | dreaded the misery ! knew
would follow, no matter what ! ate.
Then rheumatism set in and my shout
ders and arms hurt me 50 / couldn't
comb my hair. My back felt like 1t
was breaking In two.
II was almost in the depths Of de-
spair when | began on Tanlac, but this
grand medicine has made me a we'll
and happy woman. Pm not even troU-
bled with constipation now, thanks to
the Laxative Tablets, which are far
superior to anything Of the kind / ever
tried. 1t seems almost too good to
Dc true, but here l am in the best Of
health and spirits after | had given
up hope, and I'll always praise Tanlac
for it,"
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
Observation-Disclosures.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine

Take Aspirin only as told in each
package Of genuine Bayer Tablets Of
Aspirin. Then you will be following
the directions and dosage worked out
by physicians during II years, and
proved safe by millions. Take no
chances with substitutes. If you see
the Bayer Cross on tablets, you "a
take them without fear for Colds,
Headache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism,
Earache. Toothache, Lumbago and
for Pain. Handy tin boxes Of twelve
tablets cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture Of
Observation-Disclosures Of Salicylicacid.-
Adv.
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relieve it thoroughly only
by getting the impurities
out.
Enrich your blood and
keep it wholesome. Then
such troubles as are due
to it will leave you. For
this work famous old
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27

DEVIL WORSHIP

A n AMERICAN explorer has just
4 returned to civilization after a
visit to the interior Of Ecuador and
the homeland Of the Jibaro Indians.
This tribe Of head-hunting savages
have lived in the same territory since
long before Columbus discovered the
Americas and have kept wholly free
from the influence Of civilization.
The most striking evidence Of their
failure TO advance in the centuries
which have passed over them is the
report OF the explorer that the Jibaros
do not believe in a God, but that they
DO worship devils.
1t is practically the universal his
tory Of the developments Of al peo-
pies from the savage state to that OF
civilization, that the belief in devils
precedes that of q belief in God.
Before they conceive or defy a
ruler in the realm Of good they estab-
lish a kingdom Of evil and nominate
a being supreme I'm the management Of
one or all forms Of danger and misfor-
tune.
Herbert Spencer in his analysis Of
human worship bases religion on the
Unknown, declaring that the savage
first worships those powers which he
does not understand.
1t is the savage's inability, because
Of his savagery, TO trace cause from
effect that leads him to assign to totally
unrelated things the cause for what
he observes.
And since it is those things which
harm or threaten him with harm which
most concern him he establishes first
his devil causes rather than his God
causes.
He hears in the thunder the voice
Of a devil living in the sky who pun
ishes' with the swift lightning and with
fire.
He sees a devil in the wild beast
that kills his cattle. There is "a demon
power that helps his enemies Of an
other tribe.
The white mans gun is an inven-
ton Of some evil spirit and the drought
which spoils his crop or the deluge
which OvertlOws his lands are evil
dences TO him Of the activities of
some powerful and unfriendly spirit
which he must in some way appease.
In some of the earliest written his
tory of this country, the narrative left
by Captain John Smith Of Virginia,
there is much space devoted to the
devil worship of the Indians of that
territory and the sacrifice Of children
to quiet the wrath of the evil ones.
All through tradition and history
from Set, the demon of death and evil
In the mythology of early Egypt down
to the HOpi Indian dances which take
place yearly in Arizona, there has
been a continuous story of devil wor-
ship and rites and rituals intended to
appease his wrath and gain his friend
ship.
Each of us, highly civilized as we
think W. are, gives a tremendous pow
err to evil.
Despite the fact that we read in the
Bible, and generally think we believe
1t, that the God Of our civilized ideas
Is omnipotent-all p~owerful-we I'M
mediately deny that fact by giving
evil, which cannot be an attribute of
God, equal or greater power.
Practically everybody, unless we ex-
cept Christian Science believers, think
that sickness is much more powerful
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27
Potato SprinQ Salad.

Cook the potatoes with their skins
on; cool and peel, then cut in dice |;
add a handful of minced chives or q
finely shredded onion. Now add fine
ly minced, tender uncooked dandelion
greens. Mix all together and pour
over hot bacon fat with the bacon
minced in it; stir and mix well, then
add q little boiling hot vinegar. salt
and pepper and serve hot.
(@, 1921. Western Newspaper Union.)
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27

At Great Neck there is an old man
Who has the rating a IS premier Of all
Ioafers. 1t is related Of him that he
is so lazy he refuses to eat lntil hun
ger drives him to it.
1t was with some surprise, there
fore, that a Great Neckian encoun-
tered the old loafer up early one
morning. The friend could not sup
press a question.
How is it you're up so early?'
he asked.
"Well, that's funny" said the old
man. Here I've been getting up this
Early every morning for ten years
TO get my wife off to the work at the
laundry and you never knew anything
about it."-New York Sun.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27
M@MH Bo3S by NM M4~~m

rika, an egg beaten light, and One-half
cupful Of milk. Mix all together well
and shape in II mold on Il buttered
baking dish. Sprinkle with half a cup-
full of cracker crumbs mixed with two
tablespoonfuls Of fat. Bake one~halt
hour; serve hot with tomato sauce.
One may use a mixture of pecans, wal
nuts and almonds ground.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27

with S.S.S., and if you
will write US a history Of
your trouble, we will give
you expert medical ad-
vice free. Address Chief
Medical Advisor, 842
Swift Laboratory, At
lanta, Georgia.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27
Peanut Butter Loaf.

Pour three cupfuls of cold water
we one-half cupful of rice and stir
with a fork until the boiling point Is
reached; let boil one minute, drain
on a sieve. rinsing with cold water re-
turn the rice to the Are with two cup
fuls OF boiling water and a teaspoon
full Of salt; cover and cook until the
rice Is tender. Adj u cupful Of pea
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27
THE WOODS
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
THE IMiTAToRs.

WE BUILD our fronded temples
w high,
With arching roof and Bonded beam,
We rear u artificial sky
Where painted consultations CLEAN;
We praise the marble majesty
Our earthly artisans create
Yet walk abroad and do hot see
The heavens that We initiate.
(CopsriEhLl
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27
PART TIME WORK

THERE are two reasons why part
l. time work Is sought. The first Is
that the woman who has her own home
to run cannOt be away all day without
serious consequences, particularly If
she is a mother as well as a wife.
Yet II is sometimes necessary to have
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27

MAN may be the head of the family.
but. far better than that. woman Is the
OF 1t"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27
MEALS FOR n DAY.

COMBINATIONS are not always
~ good in ~leftovers, unless great
care Is used In blending them. The
following, though unusual, proved very
good. A cupful ON two of veal broth
with noodles was the basis Of this
dish. A baking dish vas we'll creased
with the fat from a piece of steak, also
q small bit of cold steak was minced
and put into the dish, with some of
the cooked veal, also minced, then the
noodles and the jellied soup, a dish
of creamed onions (Which We're also
~leftovers) were chopped and added,
and the whole covered with leftover
mashed potato, moistened with milk.
Bake until the potato is slightly brown
and serve from the dish. Add such
seasonings as are needed when arrang-
ing the food In the pan.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27
Liver With Onion Sauce.

heated, turning In the boiling water;
drain and dip in flour well seasoned,
and fry in hot bacon fat until we'll
cooked. Fry a cupful of chopped
onions In the remaining fat, until a
slight brown; add a tablespoonful Of
vinegar and pour over the liver.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27

Suspicion is no less an enemy to
virtue than to happiness.-JohnsOn.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27

Superstition Of Sailors.
Old sailors believe Ill luck will sure
~ follow If anyone even accidentally
counts the number of persons on
board ship.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27
Lines to Be Remembered.

Why dor't you show us a states
man who can rise to the emergency
and then cave i'm the e~mergency's
head?-Artemus Ward.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27
With the Best Intentions.

Willie, what are you doing with
that oil CAM" I'm Oilin' baby's
tongue so he can talk."-Life.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27
Half Mad With Itching?
Clean Out Your Blood

S.S.S., the vegetable blood remedy,
is excellent. Thousands have de-
pended on it for half a century.
Your druggist will supply you
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-27

That flaming, torturous itch that
drives you to scratch yourself raw
and bleeding is generally caused by
impure, disordered blood. You can
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-29
CRISFIELD TAX SUIT.
State Commission Starts Proceedings
to End Litigation.

Crisheld, Md, Nov 29.--Efforts to
bring TO "A conclusion the much-liti-
gated Crisfeld tax muddle existing be-
tween a number OF the repellant tax
payers and the Mayor and Council
were started yesterday by the State
Tax Commission in the Chamber of
Commerce Building.
The hearing of testimony Is being
given before Senator William w. Beck,
chairman OF the commission. and
Judge Oscar Lesser, assisted by NJ. J.
Lindsay and c. 3. Dudley, all OF Balti-
more. They will hear and consider
nearly 300 appeal cases recently filed
with the commission against the city
Of Crisfield because of alleged over
valuation Of certain property during
the new assessment of October l.
Mayor Edward p. Wyatt. Councilmen
William II. Pierce and David Saltz
were present and defended the new as
sessment. stating through " imam n d..
Price that they were ready and willing
TO make any corrections where over
taxation had been made against any
property owner. position which the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-29
BASKETBALL AT NEWPORT.
Armmas FRAT Club to Place Cage
Team In Action.

Plans to place a first-class basket
ball team on the floor are being for
mulated by the Armmas FRAT
Club of Newport. The club has al
ready made name for itself by the
dances it has given in the Masonic
Hall. at Newport. and plans to add to
that reputation with the cage team.
William Mink, well-known in bas-
kethall activities around the city, has
been appointed manager Of the team
and will probably issue a call for
practice the early part Of next week.
arrangements are already under way
for n fast schedule, in which the fast
est teams in the city will figure.
The team has secured the use Of the
Masonic Hall. at Newport, as a play
ing floor, and is prepared TO play all
games at home. Games. will be fol-
lowed by a dance for which no admis-
sion will be charged In addition 10
this. the club plans to give dances in
the hall every Friday night, beginning
December 2.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-29
ay Haze Basketball League; Derby Likely to en1ain
COACH SYLVESTER DERBY
LIKELY TO BE RE-ENCACED

Although which Delaware foot
ball University football
the
Illinois
will 10 be o
activities of Alumni Association
a in
of
especially with students.
o uphill
The inside
that there
football everything
for
his
with York Agricultural College
a Blue institution
an
for
of
would
their uniforms
to o
did this
remainder of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-29
SALESIANUM BASKETBALL,
Candidates for the Team Have Begun
Practice Work.

Candidates for the basketball team
Of the Salesianum High School donned
tlfsir uniforms yesterday and held the
first practice of the season. II will
require a few days 10 form a suitable
team from the students who appeared
for the tryout. but 1t is expected there
will be little difficulty encountered.
There are many games on the pro-
posed basketball schedule of the Cath
olic high school, and Salesianum ex-
poets TO outshine all its former records
this year. The fact that II has become
enrolled In the strong Catholic League
is big factor in its favor
Father Fournier, the organizer of
the football squad, has charge Of the
.caGers, and under his tutorage the
boys expect TO have more than one
victory. The team this year also has "A
1--we manager in Farley. who is a vet
eran Of the game, having played with
the team for two seasons. Valuable
material will be provided in Burke.
Sheehy. II. kelleher, Gillespie, Micha
Farley and others who have had their
run on the floor before with Salesi-
anum's team.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-29
FINE COLLECTION
OF M|N|AT TURES
Interesting Art Display Of Mrs.
F. A. Boyle and Miss Adri-
anna Tuttle.

A delightful collection Of miniatures
painted by Mrs. Frederic 4. Boyle of
East Orange. n. j., and Miss Adrianna
Tuttle of Newark. y. j., are on eX-
hibition this week at the foyer of the
Hotel du Pont. Mrs. Boyle, who was a
student of Howard Pyle, is member
of the Pennsylvania Society of Minia-
ture Painters. and Miss Tuttle's paint
ings are also accepted by this society.
Mrs. Boyle and Miss Tuttle opened
their exhibition yesterday afternoon
with n tea at whith Mrs. Irenee du
Pont and Mrs. Walter Laird assisted.
The opening was well attended for
miniature painting has again come
into its own and is at present very
popular with art lovers.
a protrait especially interesting 10
Wilmingtonians was that of Francis
G.. du Pont, done from a large por-
trait Two other of Miss Tuttle's inter
esting portraits of men were studies
of Charles III. Hampton, a New York
banker, and Captain c. II. Hopper, a
hero of the Argonne drive.
Everyone was charmed with her
miniatures of Mrs. Frank Depew
small son.
Mrs. Boyle showed three beautiful
landscapes. which needed 4 magnify
ing glass to bring out all their beauty
DR.. William ii. McFadden of Philadel-
phia made an interesting subject for
three portraits. because of his digni-
| fled bearing and patriarchal hair and
beard. Among My Friends" showed
him in his library. utterly absorbed in
a large book.
"Billee Sd d." the portrait of a roguish
small boy with red hair. attracted
much attention. and all dog lovers en-
joyed Bruce" the head of a collie
! Maid Marion" was unusual in It's
delicate ETHEREAL coloring. a sketch OF
young girl and Molly NJ. were don,
in the same faint tints.
The exhibition viii be open to tn,
public. both morning and Afternoon
until Friday evening. Following tn,
Wilmington display. an exhibition will
be held in East Orange, ~ j., at the
home of Mrs Boyle. December 8,
and 10.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-29
PLAN TO ORGANIZE BASKETBALL LEAGUE

basketball looks a Whining
a
which field
a a
basketball
IN attempt to
the did
the inability suitable playing floors
would otherwise Conditions
a
a
Joe Condor, well known
trophy will the
desired the
that rivalry
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-29
SAY HE WAS ARMED.
James A. Jester of FELTON, Facing
Charges Here,

With a loaded revolver and box of
cartridges in his coat pocket and
another revolver in a travelling bag
according to the police, James A. Jes-
ter of FELTON, was taken ;nto custody
by City Detectives Kempski and Vir-
den while driving his automobile on
Shipley street about 8 O'Clock last
evening,
FELTON,, who is said TO come OF a good
family, was released on 800 bail for
a hearing in Municipal Court to-
day on charges Of carrying concealed
a deadly weapon, driving an automo-
bile without proper tags and proper
licenses. At the request of is attorney,
Philip L. Garrett, hearing in his case
was continued until tomorrow.
A dozen cheap watches We're also
found in the travelling bag, the police
say. The police are investigating the
source of the watches, as Jester says
he bought them about year ago. but
does not remember from whom, ac-
cording TO the police.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-29
TRANSIT COMPANY
TIED UP IN LAW SUITS
Actions Civil and Criminal Arc
Brought Against Concern
Chartered at Dover.
sD.ciaI Correspondence Every rv,nlp,

bDscisi Correspondence Every Evening
Dover. Nov. 29y-The status Of The
Transit Co., recently Incorporated here
with a capitalization Of $50. 900, and In
which many Kent countlans had high
hopes. is defendant in several civil
actions and three or four criminal ac-
tons. being brought by some share
holders OF the company against tho
promoters Cisco Brothers Of New
Jersey An automobile alleged 10 be
long TO the Cisco Brothers, has been
seized on the civil action warrants,
and Is in the custody Of sheri~
Graham. There arc pending several
other civil warrants. issued BY Bagis-
trate r. r. Wood and ". y. Burton.
and the former has issued warrants
IN three actions on charges Of EN-
bezzlement by bailee.
The Transit co. incorporators wers
James n. Wheatiey. Frank z. maioneY
and Arthur J. Kinkbury, all Of Dover.
/ The announced objects and purposes
/ Of the company were n operate and
control. directly or Indirectly, ornni-
! busscs. trucks and other vehicles for
/ transportation Of passengers, goods
wares and merchandise. The officers
Of the company were James n. Wheat
4 ~ Of Dover. president: Ralph Stats II
Smyrna. and ". r. Hoey of Frederica.
yice-presidents; jefferson Cooper os
/ C1eswold, secretary.
The hold-up Of the affairs of the
: company was brought about by aiIega-
tions that with the number Of shares
subscribed and part of the money paid
in. there had not been a fun account
irg Of all moneys collected. Hence
the warrants sworn out by some u
the stockholders 70 recover what they
had paid in.
Among those who had warrants
sworn out on ciyn action agains.
Cisco were: Roland C. Langreli 800;
w. z. Davidson. 5000: William L. Hall.
500; George Cross. 500: Hynson ".
Cohee, 800 Some Of the above aiso
had warrants issued on charges OF
ernbezzlement by bailee. All Of these
cases stin stand on the docket Of Mag
istrate r. F. Wood
One Of the directors of the COM
pany. yesterday. inclined 70 the belief
that with what money has already
been paid in by the Ciscos and the
commission allowed them as promoters
or brokerage, and with the sale OF
the automobile seized. they would clear
, themselves on the civil actions taken
As 20 the criminal action, no comment
was made.
II is the belief Of the local men in
. terested that II the Transit company
IN properly managed there IS no good
reason why 1t would not be a paying
investment.