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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14
SUNSHADES FOR LUCKY DOGS
Innovation That Was Brought About
by the Protracted Spell of Un-
usually Hot Weather.

One of the quaintest innovations OF
the recent heat wave in London was
the Introduction of sunshades for
dogs. These consisted Of light crepe
DECLINE projections suspended yer
the animals necks by light wire
strands.
The lucky" animals whose masters
or mistresses bought the sunshades
did not seem so pleased with them as
perhaps the donors had hoped, re-
marked London Answers.
One dog found the heat so oppres-
sive that he sought the shelter Of a
railway tunnel on the Highbury tube.
Here he was, however, SO frightened
by the continual passing Of trains
that he shrank into q dark corner and
remained there for two days, until
his master, on the information of a
railway man, fetched him.
Although s~unshades for dogs made
their first appearance, there was Il
strange absence of the straw hats
that horses used to wear before the
war. Have horses been SO hardened
by the great campaign that they do
not need the consideration that dogs
get?
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14
DYED HER BABY'S COAT,
A SKIRT AND CURTAINS

Each package of Diamond Dyes" con
talns directions ;u MS, 80 simple any woman car
new. Even If she has never dyed before
she can put q new, rich color into shabby
skirts, dresses, waists, coats, stockings
sweaters, coverings, draperics, ~hangings
everything. Buy Diamond Dyes-no other
kind-then perfect home dyeing is guar
anteed. just tell your druggist whether
the material you wish to dye is wool OF
silk, or whether it is linen, cotton, OF
mixed goods. Diamond Dyes never streak
spot. fade or run.-advertisement.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14

AT birth the pulse of Il normal in
dividual beats 1876 times a minute, at
the age of thirty, seventy times.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14

California leads the states in the
number and variety Of its mineral
products.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14
The Flavor Lasts
Lesser Evil.

why didn't you stop when sig
nailed yOu?' inquired the officer.
We'll" replied Mr.. Chuggins, "ft
had taken me two hours to get this
old flivvcr started, and II seemed a
shame to stop her merely to avoid a
little thing like being arrested."-Gate,
way Magazine.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14
cuticura Comforts Baby's Skin

When red, rough and itching with hot
baths of Cuticura Soap and touches Of
now and then Of that exquisitely scent
ed busting powder. Cuticura Talcum,
one Of the Indispensable Cutcura
Toilet Observation-Disclosures.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14

The Chinese and japanese in their
fables regard the Milky Way as a
stream containing silvery fishes.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14
The Essentials.

NOrth-What are the three necessi-
ties Of human life?
West-COin. cash and money.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14

After a man is about SO old he be-
gins to talk about what Il fool he used
70 be.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14
Checking Up.

The sultan of Zanzibar and his
wives have landed nj Durham. We un-
derstand that the captain asked him
to count them carefully, AS mistakes
could not be rectifed after leaving
the ship.-LOndOn Punch.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14

Stplla-Did she lose her heart?
Bella--Yes. she wants it returned
with one question asked.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14

Some men are always looking for
q chance to earn money and some are
satisfied merely to get II.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14

The nan who has Il good reputation
may not be able 20 realize the fun he
might have if he didn't.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14

In Tahiti serious crimes are pun
ished by %tattooing a mark upon the
forehead OF the delinquent.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14

The sea is generally getting more
and more salty.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14

Because or danger from airplanes,
naval arsenals in England are built
underground.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14

Alfred the Great built England'S
ftrHt fleet in S1S.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14
St0n the Pain

stop tine ram.
n hurt Of q burn or q cut stops when
Coles Carbolisalve il applied. 1t heals
quickly without scars. 30c and 6oc by
All druggists or send SOC to The ]. w Cole
Co.. Rockford. IH.-Adyertisement.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14
lmnortant 10 Mothers

Bamboo is used for papermaking In
lndo-China.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14

look larger than they really are IL
the feel comfortable.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-14

An agreeable person is one who
talks - yon about yourself.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-31
GORlIN,S NIGHT

Halloween customs date back into remote antiquity.
They are all that we have left to remind us that our ances-
tors believed in COLLINS, b~anshees, ghous and other evil
spirits that were supposed to roam the earth in the darkness
of night.
In the early days of the Christian church, the first of
November was set aside as All Saints Day, it being impos-
sible to observe a separate day for each saint.
The night preceding All Saints Day was known as Hal
loween. 1t was a fearful night, during which the evil spirits
were believed to burst from their bonds and haunt the
world, having a last fling prior TO the sacred day.
The property damages which they were supposed to in
flict have been pictorially passed on through the centuries in
Halloween customs of carrying away gates, tearing down
fences and heaping old c~abbages and trash on porches of
the unpopular.
There was, however, a brighter side to Halloween, as
celebrated by many of the ancient peoples. 1t marked tho
end of harvest and the beginning of new terms of farm ten
acy and landlordship. Renewing his contracts with his ten
ants, or making arrangements with new ones, it was the
Hallowe'e en- custom of landlords to bring forth the flowing
bowl, baskets of red apples and sacks of nuts. Landlords
have changed.
Wanton destruction of property has made Halloween
a night of devils. How much better it would be to keep evil
chained up and observe Halloween in the spirit of All Saints
Day-by distributing food and clothing to the needy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-31
THE BRAINY BOROUGH BEsTIRs ITSELF

In these days when science has brought the matter of
sanitation almost to a point of perfection it is surprising that
a place like Metuchen, which is so up to date in every
other particular and that has among its citizens so many men
and women of education and culture, should still be without
a sewer system. No municipality can hope to get anywhere
these days without sewers. In fact, the average person
takes it for granted that every town that pretends to be
anything at all has sewers and it seems almost like an insult
to inquire about it.
Metuchen has a great many features as a residential town.
1t is beautifully located, has attractive street and pretty
homes. The railroad facilities are excellent. The social life
is all that could be desired while the schools and churches
ran1Aanlong the best and most prosperous. A stranger look
ing fC a home in this vicinity and visiting Metuchen for the
first time could not help but be impressed. The idea of there
his thoughts.
OF course, once the truth is known regarding sewers the
home-seeker, in nine case out of ten, looks elsewhere. Sew
ers are one of the essentials in our municipal life today.
The lack of a sewer system has no doubt greatly retarded
Metuchen's growth.
The fact that Metuchen has been able to uphold its high
standard of citizenship and even to induce more such desir-
able people to locate there knowing that there is no sewer
system, shows what an attractive place Metuchen is. 1t only
tends to emphasize how the place would develop once all the
accommodations to be expected of a modern suburban town
are provided.
That Metuchen is at last awake to the situation and is
preparing to supply this one essential FOR making it the
"Ideal Borough" as well as he "Brainy Borough, is evident
from the mass meeting held a few nights ago and the sentl-
ment expressed by the citizens. Now that the movement is
well under way nothing should be allowed to prevent the
CARRYING out of the plan for a eve system which is. with
out a doubt, Metuchen's greatest need today
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-31

@. Please explain the origin of
Hallowe'en.-V. c.
= A. Halloween is q relic of pagan
times. In England the influence OF
Druidical ceremonies Is evidenced
In the ancient Halloween fires.
Certain of the customs which used
to prevail in England were sur
yiyals of the festival of Pomona.
the Goddess OF fruit. Halloween
is called by this name because the
festival falls on the evening of Oc-
tober 81. which Is the v of vigil
of All Hallows, the festival of All
Saints which falls on November 1.
Q. Do any states in the United
States tax timber lands on the yield
basis?-F. T.
A. The Forestry Service says that
the tax on yield of timber lands
is commonly known as the sever
ance tax, that is, a tax on h
amount of timber cut. As far as
we are able to ascertain, this tax is
found only in the state of Louis
lana.
@. What official rank did a chap
lain of the Revolutionary Army
hold I'D r. c.
A. The War Department says
that an Act Of Continental Con-
gress, passed July 5, 1875, provided
that a chaplain be appointed for
each regiment in the Continental
Army, and that their allowance be
increased to $50 1-3 a month. The
rank held by ehaplaips in the
American Army during the Revolu-
tionary War has not been ascertain.
ed. nor has it been ascertained
whether the rank was the same for
all chaplains in the Continental
Army at any given time, or whether
the rank differed in the militia of
the several colonies of states that
furnished troops for that war.
@. If the earth should cease to
rotate, would bodies al the Equator
weigh more or less than they do
now?-W. f. B.
A. The Naval Observatory says
IL the earth should cease t. rotate,
the weight of bodies at the Equator
would be increased by the 1888
part.
q. How large is the largest
pearl in existence?-S o. T.
A. The largest pearl of which
there is a record is in the Hope Col
lection in the British Museum. 1t
weighs three ounces and is four
and one-half inches in circumfer-
ence.
@. What is the Decameron?-W.
c. C.~
A.This is the collection of 100
short stories by Giovanni Boccac-
clio published in 1853. Ten of the
tales are represented as told one
each day for ten days by three men
and seven women during the
plague near Florence, Italy, in 134S.
They range from the pathetic to
the grossly licentious, and are pre-
ceded by a powerful description o.
the plague.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-31
BAD TEETH
COMMON SENSE WAYS TO KEEP WELL

are the real cause of heart. arterial
and kidney diseases.
A good dentist is always extreme
ly careful to properly fill the canal
left after he has killed a nerve"
He does this in order that the tooth
will remain healthy and not menace
the health of the others.
These canals which house the
nerves are minute and their course
often irregular, so that if the dead
tooth is not properly filed under
the most sanitary conditions, an alb
scess or a pocket of pus will proba-
bly, form at the end of the root in
the bone.
This may occur without the
patients knowledge, causing no dis
comfort in the region of the tooth,
but the blood stream passing over
and around this abscess will absorb
the chemical products of the germs
present in the pus, or the germs
themselves may be carried in the
blood stream to some other organ
in tho body such as the heart. The
result, certain forms of heart trou-
BILE.
On the other hand the germs or
their poison may lodge in certain
joints and u stiffness and de-
formities known as rheumatism. \
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-31
MINORITY REPRESENTATION

In a republican form of government such as we have
III is d esirSole that there be a minority representation on all
governing bodies. 1t is especially desirable to have the mi
nority represented when large sums of the peoples money
are being spent. An active minority, always on the alert and
and Offering constructive criticism of what the majority may
do. Is often very helpful.
Not for a long time has there been a minority repre-
sentation on the Board of Freeholders in this county. After
adopting the system of eecting 1f%reeholders from the county
at large instead of one from each ward and township, it was
Acase of either the entire %freeholder ticket going through
or none of the candidates being successful
Now, however, we elect two freeholders at a time. The
hoard consists of seven members. At present all are Repub-
licans. It is too much like a family party for the good of the
taxpayers. 1t could not help but be beneficial to the whole
county if there were an active minority on the board.
The voters have it within their power to have minority
representation on the Board of Freeholders this fall. This
should be done irrespective of what one may think of the
record of the present board or of the ability of the candidates.
Minority representation is always a good thing. 1t is
especially desirable ON such bodies as the County Board of
Freeholders.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-31
WHAT HAsKIN SAYS OF mo PARKING">

of auto traffic in the down town
sections is a bewildering thing. The
number of traffic cops necessary TO
regulate it has grown steadily. They
are now necessary at almost every
down town crossing. Minor COLI
sions are frequent. Stree. a traf-
fic is greatly delayed. Putting-on
more cars does no good. The trou-
BILE is they can't get through the
automobile traffic fast enough to
keep up with their schedules.
Serious accidents are distressingly
frequent in the Washington streets,
and this is due in part to its in
genious street arrangement, which
is probably the most curious in the
world. The system of streets ra-
dating from a single center like the
filaments of a spider web, cut by
avenues at every conceivable angle,
with minor circles thrown in here
and there, is one which might have
been designed for the confusion Of
the motorist. 1t creates, for one
thing, intersections at which three
streets cross each other, making six
thoroughfares hat branch out from
a given point. 1t is high comedy
to watch a green traffic cop trying
to straighten out a tangle of cars
at the point where Sixteenth Street,
u Street, and New Hampshire ave-
u come together. In fact, even
a veteran finds it hard to make the
motorists on two streets coming
from about the same direction un-
derstand which of them he is sig
mailing to advance.
The circles, and the streets which
meet at such sharp angles that an
other car approaching from the
right cannot possibly be seen, are
other sources of difficulty in the
Washington street system. Yet
there are compensations, too. The
streets are enormously wide, and
the form short cuts from
n part of town to another which
carry most of the through traffic
On the whole, Washington is not
as badly off as many another city.
The problem everywhere calls for
q genius in traffic arrangement.
But more than that, it calls for a
recognition on the part of the mo-
torist, merchant, and all others con-
cerned that the regulation of auto
traffic Is a serious problem inyoIy-
ing the safety of many lives, and
that 1T cannot be solved without
some sacrifice of liberty and con-
v~enience.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-31

The United States of America
makes many and varied efforts to
educate the people of this fair land.
For instance, there is the marine
laboratory at Woods Hole, Massa-
chusetts. That is where they have
fortified by artificial means the eggs
of certain forms of life and thus OBJ
tanned interesting results.
Among the most interesting ac-
quaintances 1 made there some
years ago was the remora. 1 had
heard about him, but had not seen
him. There he was in the same
tank with a shark.
The remora is a very small fish
compared with a shark, being at
most two feet long and very thin.
Upon the top of his head is a Slated
oval spot, with remarkable powers
of suction. The remora swfms up
under or beside or ven W the
shark, attaches himself by this de-
vice and lets the shark perform all
the labor necessary to their travel.
They tell different stories about
the remora and the shark. / have
heard that a shark will sometimes
try to rid himself of this free-rider,
and become so worried as almost to
have prostration. but tn 1t
he rarely If yer succeeds in killing
his companion.
1 have heard that the remora by
his suction derives nourishment
from the shark and .weakens him,
but this has been disproved. / have
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-31
THE REMORA

heard that a shark after a time gets
to like his companion, thus making
a virtue of a necessity. l have been
told that the remora guides the
shark. and he is sometimes called
the "pilot-ish,' but this starry l be-
lieve is ~discredited and the name
declared to be without foundation
in fact.
The shark has this strange mess
mate, who is capable of doing his
own swimming, but prefers to have
It done for him, and Is able to pro-
vide his wv food, but instead Is
willing to take pot luck with the
larger fish.
There are people who live on the
remora principle. They are not pre-
cisely pirates or parasites, but they
have become measurably dependent
upon the opinions and decisions OF
other people. 1t is not a very coura-
geous or wholly safe way to order
ones life.
1 heard that the remora becomes
so dependent upon some. other con-
veyance than his own that he some-
times attaches himself to an ocean
liner. This is satisfactory to
transportation, but not as TO the
food supply. Also he sometimes at
taehes himself to q sea-turtle. and
never gets anywhere.
1t is probably too late for the re-
mora to learn any better, but some
of the rest Of us may not be SO
hopeless.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-31
WOMEN HAVE POWER
OUTSIDE THE HOME

But to use this influence properly.
character must be disciplined and
life must be so regulated that wo-
men shall not disregard things that
they alone are capable of managing
well.
You women are still queens of the
home, it matters not n jot wheth-
err that home be poor or wealthy.
You have to regulate homes.
1 do not think much Of the home
which has to be managed by mere
man. He Is not a great at
the job. You must bear in mind that
all those things which up to the
present have been your charge.
must continue to be your charge.
You must be the mothers of the
land. You must mother not only the
children. but also that biggest child
In the home, the husband.
The religious life of woman must
become stronger. In the past 1t has
been too passive, too receptive. too
dependent on outside things. not
sufficiently full of initiative. Wo-
man must look to religion to help
her to have that initiative that will
enable her to be of use in the serv-
ice of the world.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-31
Daily Letter by Frederic j. Hasktn

obeys a complicated lot of laws. He
lets policemen cuss him and roar at
him without ever losing his smile.
But dc not ask hin to walk. That
is an insult.
And the insulted motorist was
backed up in his complaint by the
frightened merchant. He said and
evidently believed that trade would
be ruined if r were kept out of
the business section. He evidently
believes that shopping is for many
persons especially women. a semi
outdoor sport followed in motor
cars, and n Which would be less
popular on foot. Doubtless he is to
some extent right. Yet it is hard
to believe that the total amount of
retail sales in any city would be re-
duced in the long run by a rule
keeping the cars out of the business
section. People will still have the
same needs and desires to satisfy.
Anyway, the retailers howled.
The commissioners, at last reports,
had lost their nerve, wholly OF in
part. 1t was announced that the
order might be rescinded or modi-
fed, and hat a hearing on the sub
ject would probably be held. Hold
ing a hearing is the time-honored
Washington way of doing nothing
about anything.
Meantime, Washington presents a
parking comedy de luxe. Large
parking areas are set aside, so that
about half of the total street area is
devoted to them, and yet they are
always full, and every parking street
in busy hours is filled with ears
backing out and getting in, so that
traffic is about half-blocked all the
time. Large are pre-empted
by the autos for hire which take the
tourist to Mt. Vernon and other adj
jacent points of interest. The driv-
vers of these vehicles regard them
selves as the real owners of the
earth and everyone else an an in
truder.
There are mysteriously sacred
places where no one is allowed to
park. A millionaire's residence on
the edge of the business section,
though it seems nearly always to be
empty, has its whole front defended
by no-parking signs, and there are
various other curbs where the mo-
torist may not alight for reasons
somewhat obscure.
Traffic In Confusion
Late in the afternoon the stream
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-31
Science Service

A successful attempt was made
recently in Sweden, says the current
issue of Popular Science Monthly, to
lay telegraph and telephone wires
from an airplane.
Six miles of cable was laid be-
tween two stations separated by
woods and rough country. Telegraph
communication was in working or
der In eight minutes, six of which
were consumed in laying the cable.
This new application of the air.
plane is looked upon as of vast civil,
military and naval Importance, par
ticularly in districts where there is
little. If any. means of communica-
ton.
The apparatus used in tests was
light in weight, required small space
and could be installed readily in N
machine. The wire container YVES
located in the pilots cockpit, and at
taehed to the wire as it was dropped
We're small weights and signal flags.
IL was found possible to lay cable
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