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The St. Johns herald., 1921-07-21
"And he hasn,t been caught?"

"And he hasn't been caughtT
 "Ain't seen hide ner hair O him. Some guy helped him outside-there was prints of two kinds of boots plain enough under the window; but after that they might just as well have gone up in the air."
 1.-TWO O lem. The other couldn't have been Hanley, or Slagin, could itT
 How the h-l do I know? I never caught sight O nothin' but the print of that boot. secuted up the creek ; then that first bunch O Indians come trailin' in, an had no time to think about anything since, only gettin' my cattle out O here"
 "But you'll go with us now"
 ''For a ways, anyhow; reckon there ain't nOthin' else to do; them soldiers is bound to get here"
 "And the sooner we're off the better. You ready?"
 He wheeled and confronted the shrinking, frightened girl, who made no reply.
 'Well, by GodI you better be. Get the horses, Joe; I'll fetch her along, all right"
 Shelby strengthened up. In spite of the odds, he must act now, or never. Yet, before he could take a step for ward, a single shot rang out sharply. He saw Macklin fling up his arms, and reel backward, his body striking the half-open door, before 1t crashed to the floor, and lay motionless.
 The impact of Macklin's body had flung the door wide open, leaving Shel- by fully exposed to view. For an in- stant, however, the startled and be- wildered Laud failed to note his re vealment against the darkness of that interior. He had leaped back instant ly to the protection of the wall, and, gun in hand, crouched there with eyes fixed on the broken window op- posite. Shelby was swift to take ad- vantage of his surprise. Wherever the shot had come from, whoever had fired 1t, his concealment was no longer possible. There must be no hesitancy, no delay. He stepped across the mo tionless body, with weapon flung grim ly forward.
 Hands up. Joel Put them up first before you turn around. Stop that Don't try any tricks on me. Now stand there-Olga."
 "Yes."
 'Take that gun out of his hand there is another in his belt; get that also. That's right; now come over here; you understand firearms"
 "Yes, of course" wonderingly, q know how to shoot"
 q imagined so; Calkins would have taught you. Keep this fellow covered,
, 1921-02-07
correspondence

Cnristiansted, Feb. 5, 1921.
The Editor of the AVjs,
Dear Sir: :
In the advertisement of tn:
Christiansted Theatre appearing in to-
DAVIS issue Of your esteemed paper, the
public is informed that on account of
lmpossibility to control the tickets dur-
inc .ntermission NO EXIT. will be al
lowed during intermission, which is
to say the personal liberty of every
man. m and child who patronises
Christiansted Theatre and pays for ad-
mission thereto, is restricted and they
deprived of the right of going out when
it pleases him, or her. or when it may
, 1921-02-07

be absolutely necessary so to do. Such
a rule does not exist at any theatre
in Europe or America, and does not
obtain in Denmark, the place of nativity
Of the proprietor of the theatre, nor in
the United States of which these is
lands are a part. 1t seems very strange
that all of a sudden there should be
such a failure to control the tickets,
and it may we'll be asked, how we're
they controlled for all the years the
theatre has been in operation ? What
was bling done all this tine ? And
does the proprietor of the theatre be-
lieve honestly that any people slip
in after intarnission who have not
paid? The house is usually so packed
that it can hardly ever hold more. If
there is anything in his about con
troll" then all that should be done is to
establish a better system Of control, but
not encroach on the right OF a people who
are the life ard mainstay Of this only place
of amusement. Is their patronage worth
nothing that they shall like bonds"9en
be locked in to suit personal purposes?
1t is rumored that Mr.. Ritzberg hard by
the theatre has set up a nice room with
cool drinks etc., and is underseIIing the
theatre bar! hem! hem! Hasn't this cot
something if not all to do with it? Is
the manager OF the theatre the only
one who shall exist? This matter
should be looked into by the au-
thorities for it is not known that the
theatre has accommodation for all the peO-
pie it can hold wno May have to go out.
We look for a recall of this drastic
step by the management of the theatre
and hope the above will prove the reas
o%nableness OF the public feeling in re-
gard thereto.
With thanks to you Mr. EDITOR for
your indulgence,
Very truly yours
THEATRE PATRONS
, 1921-02-07
To All Those Who Possess Or
Collect Postage Stamps.

The S0Uo the Children Fund: Central
Union, which enjoys the distinguished
patronage of the International Red Cross
COMMITTEE OF Geneva, deems it it's duty
to inform all those who possess, collect
or exchange Postage Stamps that, with
the disinterested assistance OF the Phil
atellc Union Of Geneva. a Stamps Sub
committee has been formed for the pur-
pose of helping the children who have
suffered through the var.
This Subcommittee is organising a col
lection OF Postage Stamps all over The
world, and collectors, big an1 little, are
requested kindly to send to the Com
mlttee their contributions in tn shape
of duplicates, rare specimens and Ordj-
nary stamps, all of which will b. equally
welcome
All arrangements such as classified
ton, division into albums, sales by auc-
ton. and the sale Of ordinary stamps by
weight, the formation of complete sets,
the collation. Of wrappers and OF I'D and
modern envelopes, etc. = IRE m the
hands OF distinguished p~erSonagas in the
PhilatoIic World.
1t is hoped by this effort TO benefit the
little sufferers who count their hundreds
OF thousands, nay, millions, nor only in.
Central and Eastern Europe. Italy, Ar
menia, etc. but also. in the devastated
areas of France, Italy and Belgium.
All you who collect stamps, give some
of your douoIes! Sacrifice them for this
humanitarian cause of vital Importance!
Save thousands Of children! This sacri-
flee will not detraet from your collection
but will, on the contrary, ado new glory
to
PHILArELY AND PHILANTHROPY.
Collectors Of the World, dealers. anna
tours, Who possess somewhere an old
stamp, ian old stamped envelope, some
rarity perhaps overlooked by you but
which may mean much for the work, do
not delay: send your generous offerin ~.
under registered cover, to the office Of
the Save the Children Fund: Central
Union, 4, Rue Nassot, Geneva.
, 1921-02-07
LOCAL.

The Pocahontus replacing the Vir-
ginia arrived at Frederiksted on Satur-
day evening, and we are Informed
parcel post from Porto Rico, also regis
tered mail. She sailed again yesterday.
Cable advice received is to the effect
that the Creole lost her mainmast and was
unable to make the trip from ST. Tho
mas. The Vigilant sails for st. Tho
mas this morning and will bring over
the St. Croix mail tomorrow evening.
Notice at the post office here announces
mail closes FOR St. Thomas by Vigilant at
10 O'Clock this a. m
Theatre goers will note the attractive
parts of the serial to be shown this
evening. Attention is also invited to
the restriction of the ma agement that
no one will b. allowed u leave the
premises during intermlssion,
, 1921-02-07
MUSICAL TUITION
. HEDEMANN SARAUW, Ljcentjtote of Music.

The undersigned through this medium is offering his services to the public; Civ
NO PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS oE: =
The PIANO and ORGAN as prescribed by MARCUS LUClUS QUINN IONoERV
ATORY OF MUSIC, Boston, Mass. auoo- !. o,,
HARMONY and COMPOSITION as prescribed by WILCOX SCHOOL OF COM
POSITION, New York. oMr,n .1
ORGANIZING and NSIRUCTINGO OF BANDS@ prescribed by NlCHOLIo BAN
CIRCUIT, Libetyvile, Illinois.
The Undersigned holds CREDENTIALS from all. the Abov4 mentioned ConserVa
tories and promises prompt and efficient service.
For further details, call in person or address mmunicahons to: Fl
HERMAN H. SARAUW, Lcentme of Music
, 1921-02-07

We are pleased to see the tower into
which the public town clock will be
placed in course Of construction Ibid
, 1921-02-07

Lieutenant Holder Of the Salvation
Army arrived here on the s. s, "Guiana'
from ST. thomas Thursday evening for
and with the purpose Of establishing
a branch OF that religious body in this
island We welcome tfe arri val of his
officer and nope that the work will be
attended 18th success = West End Aews.
Feby. 18th. ,
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-06-24
GIVES LIFE TO SAVE HIS SON
Father Reaches River Bark With
Drowning Boy, Then Sinks
From View.

Philadelphia.-Stanley Shirery Of
Westinghouse Village vas drowned
In saving the life Of his 1~2-year-old
son.. The man sank in view of sew
eral persons along the river bank, who
were powerless to aid him. His body
was recovered.
Shirery and his son, with John Bail
ey of the same village, went fishing.
While leaning over, the son evidently
became dizzy and fell into the stream.
The elder Shirery plunged into the
stream and reached for the boy as he
was disappearing beneath the surface.
With his arm around the neck Of
his son, Shirery managed to reach the
bank. Bailey, leaning far over the
stream, took the limp form from the
father. Bailey then reached for Shir-
cry, but his last vestige of strength
had gone. With safety only a few
inches from him he sank from view.
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ABLE TO FOLLOW ANY TRAIL
Ahnds, East Indian Sect, Are Among
the Most SkillfuI Trackers
in the World,

The Ahnds, natives Of Jaum, In
dia, are among the most skilled ami
NAL crackers in the world. according
to r. G. Burton, writing in the Field.
They track bears, panthers and other
jungle creatures by a mere shadow
Of a footprint and also by marking"
a system of watching.
When marking animals the ma
tives turn out before sunrise and
watch the animals as they stink
back to their lairs. Then when the
hunters take. a position of vantage
the markers aids surround the ami
NAL on three sides, and drive it out
from cover.
The Ahnds often track bears across
solid rock, where the creatures claws,
scratching the surface, leave a mark.
The panther's tread is SO soft that
mo Impress Is made, save where the
ground is soft enough to take the pug
OF The pussyfoot, and yet they track
these wary nl.nals when they show
near the village.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-06-24

at the rate of expenditures in 1915
would be paid for all education-ele.
Inentary, secondary, higher, technical
II professional, that is, how much
would be spent on the average for all
the school education of all the chill.
dren in public elementary schools and
high schools and in colleges, universe.
ties, technical and professional schools
OF all kinds. The range would be from
Slll in Mississippi to $1,274 in Mon.
tana, again somewhat too high, and
the average for the United States
would be $40, Illinois, in this thirG
table, is put down at S431.
Grand Average Is $515.
10 this S44O should be added about
S1o-probably not quite so much-for
expenditures of private schools OF all
Kinds, elementary and secondary, pri.
Vate commercial schools, and schools
for the deaf, blind, the feeble-minded
and other special classes of children
The grand total Of $515 represents
what at the 1918 rate the people of
the United States would pay on an av.
erage for all the opportunities Of edu.
cation, public and private, higher and
lower; for all the difference which
schooling makes between q generation
OF total i~lliterates lacking in all the
training of the schools, and the cOndi-
ton We would have as the result of
a continuation of the 1913 rate Of ex.
penditure for education and training
in the schools.
Since in the figures for the United
States as a whole and those for each
OF the states are included the ex.
penditures for many who will go
through college, for many more who
VIII go through the high school, and
for still more who will get more than
their share Of the average in city
schools and country schools having
comparatively long terms, the actual
amount paid for the education of the
large number of children whose school
ing is confined to the elementary
grades of the city schools and of the
short-term country schools must be
pitifully small.
Does Ii Pay?
AS a matter Of investment and bust.
ness economy, alone, the thoughtful
man will ask: Does it pay to spend
an average of $515 on tie education
Of the children of the nation, or would
it be better to save this money. close
all our public schools, and LET the
next generation Of men and women
depend wholly Oh their %unslolIri nni
un%improyel native ability? Is 4, prob.
able that ON the average these men aud
II will because Of Tie educaii0u
which they receive from tie scluo!s
and colleges. universities. technical
and professional schools. produce $jl2
more during their lives than they
would If nothing were spent on their
education?
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-06-24
BOYS Ordered Home Nights.

Greenfield, Ind.-Seven boys, all
under the age of twelve years, found
guilty in city court the other day
by Mayor Myers of taking pennies
from milk bottles set on porches, were
sentenced TO stay ut home after six
O'Clock In the evening for 80 days.
Their parents are instructed TO en-
force the sentence and moi permit any
of the boys TO leave their homes be-
tween @ p. IN. and 6 a. m. unless
accompanied by their parents.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-06-24
NOT RESTING, JUST WAITING
Idiot Boy, According to Judge Gary.
Very Much Like the Rest
of the World.

Judge Gary was talking at a din
ner about the worlds industrial situa-
ton.
"All over the world" he said, labor
Is earning more and producing less.
In England, for example there are
more coal miners employed than ever,
and the production of coal is lower
than yer.
English labor reminds me of the
idiot boy.
"A farmer, nj of pity, gave an idiot
boy a job. Then one afternoon the
farmer walked across his farm TO see
how the boy was doing. He found
him lying on the grass under a tree
smoking a cigarette.
"'Well, Looney,' he said-the boy
was known as Looney In the village
well, Looney, what are you doing
RestingT
"Looney took his cigarette out of
his mouth and answered:
"'No, boss, / amt restin', cause
I amt tired. I'm just a-layin' here
waitin' for the sun to go down SOS
I kin quit work."
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Commissioner of Education Gives
Figures of Expenditures
in This Country.
AVERAGE is S515 FOR PUPIL
Counting Children Of kindergarten
Age There Are More Than Thirty
Million Children of School Age in
the United States.
BY p. p.

Omitted States Commissioner Of Educa-
tion.)
Considered alone, expenditures for
public education in the United States
may seem large. Figures and COM
PARSONS recently published in many
newspapers show how small they are
when compared with expenditures for
other purposes, public and private.
These expenditures are also small
in comparison with the number of chi.-
dren TO be educated. We forget how
numerous a people we have come To
be. In thinking Of hundreds Of mil
lions of dollars for public schools, we
forget that there are tens of millions
of boys and girls to be educated.
Keenly conscious Of the size of the
dividend, we forget the size Of the
divisor. We forget that there are
I'm the United States more than twen-
ty-seven million boys and girls between
the ages Of six and nineteen-that Is,
between the age at which children
In most states enter school and the
age of those who graduate from the
high oClOOt having SohC hiONSN
grades of the elementary school with
out the loss Of more than one year.
If children of kindergarten age are
counted in there are than thirty
millions.
The Cost.
Just how much do we pay for he
education of these children?
The first of three tables giving de-
tails show how much was spent on
an average In the public schools of
each of the states for the education
Of each child Of the generation OF
children entering school in the fall
Of 1905 and reaching the normal age
Of high school graduation In 1913.
The figures given in each case show
as nearly as can be computed from re-
ports made to the United States bu-
reau of education just how much has
been spent to make all the difference
between total illiteracy and the lack
Of all school training Of this genera
ton of boys and girls and that which
they did get In the public elementary
and high schools. May 1t therefore
fairly be taken as the measure of the
value Of such education in the minds
Of the people? 1t should be remem-
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Rattlinu Good Stuff.

"F1ubdub's father used to have Il
large collection OF old armor." Eyes,
he left the boy n lot of tin."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-06-24
Arsenate of Lead roisoned Eieh

Dexter. Kan.-EiGnt persons are
sighting against death by slow poison
Ing, caused by eating a cake. The
instead of sugar, through a mistake.
Ii was eaten az a family reunion pio
mic SIX mites ~nor,h"rs' = naytcy
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-06-24
Small Is Cost
of us. Schools

bered that these figures include not
only the cost Of instruction, but also
expenditures for buildings, grounds,
equipment, repairs, fuel and all Incl
dentals, including in many cities and
states books and supplies.
The range is from $63 per indlvid-
ual person in Alabama and Mississippi
to $637 in Montana, the Montana rate
being almost exactly ten times that
Of Alabama and Mississippi. The Ill
inois range is $3.50. The average for
the United States is only $3.50.
Comparisons.
In a country in which we blithely
acknowledge that all things wait on
education-the public health, material
prosperity and wealth, social purity,
civic righteousness, political wisdom,
the strength and safety of state and
nation, and, finally, the thing for which
all these eXist-that is, the individual
welfare and happiness of the people
we have recklessly ("recklesSly" is
probably the world spent 1852 per
child that the attainment of all these
things may be assured. Since less
than 20 per cent Of all the money ex-
pended for public schools goes for in
Struction, only $175 of the 1852 vas
paid for actual instruction. We fire.
quently have complaints that the in
struction and training of the boys and
girls who leave the schools is not as
extensive and thorough as 1t should
be. What should we expect for $175?
For the generation of boys and girls
reaching the age of high school gradu.
alton in 1906 the average per capita
was $40. For the elementary and
secondary education of the million of
men and women in the United States
now between the ages Of twenty-one
and thirty-ive the average paid vas
$500.
An Average.
The second table shows what would
be spent OF the average for the edu-
cation Of each child of those (some-
thing more than two and a quarter
millions) who reached the school age
Of. six years in 1918 If the average eX-
penditures for hat year were to be
continued until 1881 when these boys
and girls will have reached the nor
NAL age Of graduation from the high
school. In only one state would the
amount be less than 500, and the av-
erage for the United States would be
$3.50. The figures for Montana ($1274)
are no doubt too large, the number
Of children of school age in that state
in 1918 being larger than the number
calculated on this basis of the esti-
mates Of the total population made
by the bureau of census. The same
is probably true, but in a smaller de-
gree, for California ($540). Illinois
average in this table is the same as
in the first, $3.50.
The third table shows how much
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-06-24

The BEST side of n quarrel is the
outside.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-06-24

Blunt men usually have sharp
tongues
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-06-24

Star gazing pays the astronomers,
anyway.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-06-24
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer'' on Genuine

Beware! Unless you see the name
Slayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre-
scribed by physicians for t~wenty-one
years and proved safe by millions.
Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer
package for Colds, Headache, Neural
gia, rheumatism, Earache, Toothache,
Lumbago, and for Pain. Handy tin
boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets Of AS
pirin cos few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark OF Bayer Manufacture OF
Observation-Disclosures of Salicylicacid.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-06-24
SAVE Shines AND STOCKINGS

They will last twice as long IL you Shake
into Your Shoes ALIENS EASE,
the powder for the feet. II takes the fric-
tion from the shoe and gives quick relief to
Corns, Bunions, Callouses. sore, aching. swol-
len. tender feet. Shake Aliens DOT Ease
into your shoes and enjoy the bliss of feet
without an ache,
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-06-24
The Animal Tent.

''Then your kid didn't enjoy the cir
eusT' NO. the giraffe was getting
lis neck washed"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-06-24

Burlington, VII suffered with female trouble, and had a number of
doctors who said that / would never be any better until | had an operation.
l was 10 bad | could hardly walk across the floor and could not do a thing
My sister inlaw induced me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and it certainly has helped me wonderfully keep house and do my work
and have a small child. / have recommended Vegetable Compound toa num-
Der of my friends and you may publish my testimonial Mrs. II. Il. SHARON.
Apple Tree Point Farm, Burlington, VT
In hospitals are many women who are there for surgical operations, and there
is nothing a woman breads more than the thought of an operation, and the
long weary months of recovery and restoration tostrengthi f it is successful.
1t is very true that female troubles may through neglect reach a stage
where an operation is the only resource, but most of the commoner ailments
of women are not the surgical ones they are not caused by serious displace-
ments, tumors n growths, although the symptoms may appear the same.
When disturbing ailments first appear take Lydia +. Pinkhan's Vegetable
Compound to relieve the present distress and prevent more serious troubles.
Intact, many letters have been received from women who have been restored
to health by Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound after operations have
been advised By attending physicians.
Lydia Il. Pinkhams Private Text Book upon "Ailments Pecu-
liar to Women" will be sent to you free upon request. Write
to The Lydia Il. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn, Massachusetts.
This book contains valuable information.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-11-03
USE SULPHUR To-
HEAL YOUR SKIN
Broken Out Skin Rnd Itching
Eczema Helped Over Night

Tor unsighsty skn eruptions, rash
OF biotches on face neck, arms o.
body, you do not have 20 wait for ra-
/ lief from torture or embarrassment,
declares a noted shin specialist Apply
a little Mentho-Sulphur end improve
ment shows next day.
Because Of its germ destroying prop
critics, nothing Gas eyer been found
to take the place of this sulphur prepa-
ration. The moment you apply 1t heal
ing begins. Only those who havs had
unsightly skin troubles can know ths
delight this Mentho-Sulphur brings,
Even fiery, itching eczema 10 dried
Fright up. n
y Get q small Jar from any good
druggist and use It like cold eresaa.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-11-03

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