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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23
TOO MUCH FOR MRS. SMITH
She Couldn't Allow Her Old Friend,
Mrs. Brown, to Keep Up Her
Dragging Remarks.

Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Smith were
neighbors, both were fat and both
were extremely sensitive about it.
Both tried every method they could
hear of for losing weight, and, until
this summer, both continued to gain.
Mrs. Brown went West early in the
spring and while there managed in
some way to lose nearly thirty pounds.
When she came back Mrs. Smith saw
her step from the taxi and realized
that her %neighbor had accomplished
what to her seemed unattainable.
Hello, dearie," called Mrs. Brown.
Don't you think my trip has agreed
with me? Four months In the West
certainly make a difference in one!'
Jealousy seized Mrs. Smith. The
idea of Mrs. Brown Dragging that way
just because she weighed a few
pounds less!
you have fallen off marvelously,
DEAR" Mrs. Smith replied. when
you stepped out Of the taxi | never
would have known you, only for your
hat!'
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23
800
DOGS GUARD SiClLIkN HOMES
italian Bulldogs" as They Have Been
Eicknamed, obviate Need for
Locks on Doors.

IN Sicily the inhabitants have trained
dogs to protect their homes against
brigandS and other lawless characters.
These Sicilians on leaving their homes
seIuuln bother to lock doors or win
doWs. They have trained their dogs
50 well That tho animals can take care
OF the most cunning Of criminals.
when a thief enters one of these
homes the dog does not attack him. He
receives him in silence, even wagging
ms tell sometimes in apparent friend
illness.
But no matter where the thief may
20, the dog follows, never losing sight
OF nm FOR a moment. He follows the
thief from room to room. The thief
may load himself up with all the loot
he likes, but the dog views his thiev-
Ing With Indifference.
1t is not until the thief attempts to
leave the place that the dog displays
any real interest in him. He then be-
comes remarkably active. He jumps
in front Of the culprit, barring his way
and defying him to attempt to leave.
If the thief makes a break for the
door or window the dog is upon him.
As a rule the animal springs for the
throat, but wherever he sinks his teeth
nothing short of death can make him
release his hold.
If the intruder attempts TO draw a
WpaDOn fhp dog is mon him like q flash
of lightning. These dogs have been
nicknamed Italian bulldogs, but they
are of a mongrel breed with just a
trace of the genuine bulldog in their
blood. They more closely resemble
Northumberland Clinton Herald.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23
Health Affected by Emotions.

Any emotion that gives pleasure
acts healthily on the heart and other
organs, the circulation becomes more
brisk, and appetite and health i'm.
prove. Love, hope and happiness all
produce these emotions and, contrary
to the accepted notion. the ardent
lover ought to enjoy his meals thor.
oughly.
Despair, grief and fear have quite
another effect. They make the action
Of the heart slower, and enfeeble the
nervous and muscular system, often
upsetting the digestion as we'll.
Anger causes the heart to act VIC
lently, working upon both physical and
mental powers. The muscles for the
time being are taut and tense, and
the secretion of bile is increased. A
reaction follows rapidly, when the
muscles become labby and a feeling
Of weakness pervades the body.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23
Wild Elephants Against Horsemen.

In Burmah wild elephants are pit
ted against horSemen and elephant rid
ers. and often rout their trained rela-
tives by the reckless fury of their at
tacks. The "cornac' has to stick to
his seat, while his hutti quirts and
careens around like an exploding loco
motive or encounters his adversary
with the force of a catapult. Fight
ing elephants guard their trunks by
doubling them up like q clinched fist,
while using their heads like battering
rams or they stand shoulder to shout
der, after the of n lighting
boars. and after a prelude Of side
long pushes, suddenly hew away at
each other with their tusks. During
the process Of the duel the hutti seems
to forget or ignore his rider, but If he
has received a fatal wound the
cornacs have to jump off and run for
their lives, experience having shown
that wounded elephants generally ex-
pire in a paroxysm of rage.-Detroit
News.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23
Duckbiu Freak Of Nature.

The duckbill, or platypus, is n
of the strangest and most paradoxical
of all the animals Of nature. 1t is
sometimes ca natures Joke. 1t has
q bill and webbed feet like a duck n
can swim and dive like a fish. The
most unexpected trait Of the animal
is that it actually lays eggs. lie
makes long tunnels in the banks OF
streams in his native home in Aus
tralia. These are made barely large
enough for his body to pass through {;
SO that IL he desires to return at any
time he simply backs out, which he Is
enabled to do, since his fur Is Ike
that of the common mole, set in such
a way that no matter what direction
he moves his fur neither hlnders him
nor gets full of dirt. The duckbill Is
all that Is left Of a large family.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23
EinIand's Climate Healthful.

The climate of Finland is rigorous
but healthful, marked by long winters
and short, hot summers. 1t lies with
in the Zone Of cyclones and anticy-
clones, which pass owe northern Eu-
rope from west to east at intervals of
two or three days throughout the year,
and give variability to the winds and
weather. The mean annual tempera-
ture varies between the southern and
the northern boundary from 40 to "a
degrees Fahrenheit, ranging from 20
to s degrees Fahrenheit in January,
and from Ga to CO degrees Fahrenheit
in July. The extreme range of tenn
perature is about 10 to. 115 degrees
Fahrenheit.
The prevailing winds in winter are
from the south and southwest and in
summer from the north, northwest and
west. The amount Of rainfall varies
from 10 inches in the northern to
% inches in the southern part, being
greatest during August.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23
STOLE HER FLOCK OF CHICKS
How Leohorn Hen Procured a Large
Family Without the Formally
Of Matching Them.

The fox is no cleverer than a Leg
horn hen. SO at least thinks one
reader of the Companion who has
read the numerous stories that 1t has
printed to illustrate the clevernesS of
foxes. To justify her opinion She
tells a story of hes own Here it is;
In our flock of chickens we had
only one brown Leghorn, but she was
hard to beat. One day she stole her
nest. and, though Leghorns do not. as
q rule sit. some time later she came
marching proudly into the yard fol-
lowed by a dozen little brown balls.
In a week she had following her %
chicks Of all ages and descriptions
she had stolen them from other hens.
And besides attending TO the needs
Of that large family she began short
ly to have an egg in her coop every
morning.
An interesting incident occurred OF
q %neighboring farm. A persistent lit
tie hen that vas repeatedly prevented
from sitting finally disappeared ana
returned some days later with seven
fluffy baby quail. She had evidently
driven the mother quail from her nest
and Matched the eggs herself. The
baby quail Obeyed her commands, and
she was very proud Of them but, in
the words Of my small brother, won't
she get the surprise of her life some
day when these little quail learn TO
fly !-Youth's Companion.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23
WORDS OF GERMANIC ORIGIN
Many Of Today's Most Common Elk.
pressions Can Easily Be Traced
to the Angles"

Perhaps the saddest of English
words-the word which brings up more
thoughts of grief and fear than any
other words death" This wCrd
did not come TO us from the classic
lands Of Greece and Rome. 1t was
one Of the words OF the Germanic peo-
pies and has been English v since
English was. The Angles, who came
to Britain from what is now south
eastern Schleswig, called the land that
they invaded and helped to conquer
"Angleland' and from that word
England "Anglische" or a word
something like it, came to be Eng
liSh." These Angles, and all the other
Germanic peoples, had this word
death" long before the English Ian
guage was spoken, and in the earliest
English We find the word spelled
"deth' and sometimes "deeth" and no
doubt from the spelling "deeth' we
arrived at spelling death"
skull was another word Of our
Germanic forebears and it meant a
cup, bowl, or drinking vessel, and from
the shape of mans head, as 1t APP
peared long after death, the relic came
TO be called skull" because its form
suggested a skull" a "skole," or a
'skal,' or drinking vessel. We often
read Of northern barbarians who
drank out Of skulls" but it does not
necessarily follow that they drank out
Of the skulls Of the dead men, but
merely from their household skulls"
bowls or cups of wood or stone
Kansas City Star.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23
NOTICE FOR BIDS.

The undersigned Beard Of Berkeley
School District No. 3, Meliette cOun
ty, South Dakota, will recelve scaled
bids, up until - o'clock noon, Satur-
day, October lst, 1921, for the con
struction of a frame school building,
on the south west Orner OF the south
west quarter of Section ID, Township
40.N, Range 25-W, Sixth Principal
Meridian, according to plans and speci
hcations now OF file, at the Office Of
the clerk Of said Board.
Bids are to be made for the com
pleted building Oh the above described
premises.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
CLAUDE A. SILLS, Clerk.
Berkeley School District No. ,
Blot II. O. Address, Carter, :. -.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23
GENIUSES IN POOR AB0DES
Have Been Born In or Lived or
Died in Squalid Attics.

A good many great men have lived
Attics, says the dictionary, are places
where lumber is stored and the
world has used them TO store a good
deal of its lumber in at n time or
another. Its preachers and painters
and poets, its deep-browed men who
find out things, its tire-eyed men, who
will tell truths that no II wants to
hear-theSe are the lumber that the
world hides away in its attics. Haydn
grew up in an attic, ChattertOn starved
in one. Addison and Goldsmith wrote
in garrets.
Faraday and De Quincy knew
them well. Doctor Johnson camped
cheerfully in them, sleeping soundly
upon their trundle beds like the sturdy
old soldier of fortune that he was,
Injured to hardships and careless Of
himself. Dickens passed his youth
non them, MOrland his old age.
Hans Andersen, the fairy king,
dreamed his sweet fancieS beneath
their sloping roofs. Poor, hayward
hearted Collins leaned his head upon
their crazy tables. Benjamin Frank
lin, Savage, young Bloomfield, Bobby"
Burns, Hogarth, Watts-the roll Is
endless. Ever since the habitations
Of man were reared two stories high
has the. garrett been the nursery of
papiuS -pittShuro Cbroniclp Tp1p-
graph.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23
When a Bushe! Isn't.

"Thirty-two quarts make one BUSH
ell" recites Young America glibly and
positively. But the housewife who
has purchased family supplies for
years is not ut all sure that this is
not one of the many rules that have
exceptions, Specialists Of the bureau
of markets, United States Department
of Agriculture, say that the heapcd
bushel varies with the price Of TIL"
product and the weight bushel varies
widely i'm different states. A bushei
of sweet potatoes is 46 pounds In the
Dakotas and GO pounds in Maryland.
A bushel of tomatoes Is 40 pounds ia
Oklahoma and GO pounds In Virginia.
A bushel of unshelled green peas Is
% pounds in Massachusetts and 5e
pounds In Pennsylvania.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23
Oainties for the Invalid.

The most appetizing way to pre-
pare for the invalid is to peel
the orange, then slice 1t in thin
rounds, being careful not to break it
then lay these thin circles Of the vel
low, juicy fruit on a glass plate. You
have no idea how inviting it looks, es-
pecially if you dust it lightly with pull
verified sugar.
In making cocoa for the sick room,
If YOU use three-fourths Of a teaspoon
full OF matted milk to every teaspoon
full Of cocoa you will find you nave
discovered a new drink. 1t Is much
more nutritious and has a rich creamy
taste that is truly delicious.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23
Goethe's Superb Faust.

Christopher MarlOwe, an English
dramatic poet Of the Sixteenth cen
tury, was the first to use the old leg
end Of FauStus, and he 9 IS rather
gently with the character Mephis-
topheles, making him sadder and
more dignified than he appears in
Goethe's drama. 1t was the German
poet who placed that demoniacal be-
ing before the world for all time, who
created that sneering, sardonic indi-
vidual, powerful and exacting, who
makes Faust sign their contract with
blood; brimful of vanity, anxious to
show his power by the magic creation
Of wine drawn from a wooden table,
enjoying life as a man, yet retaining
all his diabolical characteristics.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23
SUM MONS

state OF south Dakota s..
County of Mellctte
In CIRCUIT COURT, ELEVENTH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT.
Frank y Weaver, Plaintiff,
Gunhammer andNancy IA
hammer, Heirs at law OF
susan Big Horn, Deceased
and all persons unknown
who IA We or claim TO have
any interest In estate in or
lien or iucumhranCc up on
the premises described IN
The complaint. Defendants.
The TAT or OUT DAKOTA TO THE ABOVE
NAMED DEFENDANTS GtEETINGs;
You are hereby summons and required to
answer the complaint of the plaintitf which
was filed i'm the Office OF the Clerk OF this
Court, at White River, South Dakota. on the
5th day OF :, ptember 1921, and which praNs
for a judgement q~uieting the title to and the
determination of all adverse claims against
the premises described in the complaint, stu
ated in Mellette county, south Dakota, Owi
East one-half (E1a) of section Thirty 600, I'm
Township Forty 4W North OF Range Twenty
five (25), West ofthe 9th Principal Meridian.
and 70 serve a copS OF yours answer TO the said
complaint on the undersigned at their office
in the city OF v inner County of TTipp, state
Of South Dakota, within thirty DAYS after the
completed service OF thi, IN upon YOU.
you fail to answer said complaint within that
time. the p~laintil will apply TO the court for
relief demanded in the complaint.
DOHERTY * TALBOT,
plaintltfS Alto ncNS.
32-Gt L. q. Address, Winner, =. ID,
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23
Notice For Publication.

Department OF The Interior.
L. :, Land Office at Gregory. south Dakota
August %, 1921
Notice is hereby given that Lars kristiau
Larsen OF Wood, :. D.. who, on October 2nd 1915
made Homestead Entry No. OlU999. Tor y ~ II
4 Section II. Township 40-N. Range 21-W,
9Th Principal Meridian. has filed motto,
OF intention to make Thrce-Ncar proof L.
establish claim TO the land above described.
before Fred G. kirch. t :. Commissioner. al
Wood :. d.. on the slh day OF October, 1921.
Claimant names as witnesses: .Jcns L. NOruI
James /. orr. Marcus NJ. Weed, Joseph Il.
Brown all Of Wood. :. ID.
Proof made underAct June &, 1912.
3l-5 Edwin Nj Starcher. Register
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23
FINAL PROOF NOTICES.

Final Proof Notcespublishedin the PIONEER
will be run the required length OF time, and
where the publication fee Of six $50 has been
paid the aifiida Wit of proof OF publication will
be sent to the officer before whom proof is made
Where the fee has not been previously paid
we shall hold afidavit until the publication
fee Is paid. This Affidavit must hc secured be-
fore YOU can make proof. The best way is to
remit the publication fee at least two weeks
before The day set for Won TO mako 0 proof
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23

WE START YOU in the candy
making busin ass at home, small Don
or anywhere; everything furnished;
carr $50 to 500 weekly; men, women;
experience unnecessary. Send self
addressed, stamped envelope for free
particulars. Bon Box CANpYMAKERs
Co., Philadelphia, Pa. l9tlSp
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-23
TAKE NOTICE. DESTROY WEEDS

All parties living along any public
highway in Cody Township, according
to law. must have all weeds and grass
moved or otherwise destroyed on
both sides Of said highway, by Octo-
Der lst, 1921.
BY order of COPY TOWNSHIP BOARD
3It5 HARRY ATWOOD, Clerk
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-04-30

MANY materials are called upon To
wi make fhe gay 81 gorgeous gowns
in which women emerge from the re-
straint of daylight world into an
other that invites them to indulge
their love of splcudor. They have
often been likencd To gay butterflies,
and never more appropriately than
now. Fabrics and colOrS are like these
winged Jewels.
Gowns of lace. over silk or satin, in
colors or In white or black, continue
TO appeal to the greatest number Of
people. The metallic laces. and laces
dyed to match the lovely silks with
which they are combined, justify their
temperance by the beauty of the
gowns they make.
Two handsome models for the din
ner dance or other occasions are
shown In the picture, made over satin
underslips. The dress at the left Is
lovely in brown lace over brown satin
and sure also of finding favor in either
black or cream color. The underskirt
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-04-30

look most attractive In the ponds
and brooks and small lakes, and we
look, too, ike flowers who have gone
In wading.
"For we're not entirely In the water
as creatures are who would go In
swimming.
"But we're like creatures who go In
wading. Part. perhaps, little less
than half of us is right in the water,
and the rest is standing above that
pnrti None of us last more than
day"
Dear me-" said the Fairy Queen,
"that sounds rather sad"
'Tt isn't sad" said the blossom
which had been talking to the Fairy
Queen. 1T isn't sad at all because
we don't feel sad about 1t. II we
did feel sad. then 1t would be differ
ent.
But we DON'T No, we're quite
happy TO have our one day Of bios
sOming.
Then we fade and wither. But
there are always other blossoms to
take our places. Oh yes, there are
plenty Of us blooming all the time.
when the humble bee comes to call
on us he takes some OF our pollen,
which means the yellow dust we wear
upon our plants. and spreads 1t over
some OF our relatives and drops IL
Just where II will strengthen and help
them,
isn't that smart OF Mr.. Bundle
Bee?"
I've always thought the Bundle
Bee was smart" said the Fairy Queen.
I'VE like ponds and streams and
brooks" continued the Pickerel-Weed
blossom. I'VE love the GOODNESS or
the water. We love to be In wading
all the time And though each bios
som only lasts for a day, we feel that
is enough. We feel that the family
will keep on blossoming and having
bright blue flowers on our stems.
.\Vc know that the flowers will be
boppv "a be- in the pond. And we
know too. that the leaves are always
proud of having the pickercls come
and lay their eggs in them.
We've heard mel leaves whispering
to each other and laying, We've got
TO guard over Mrs.. Pickerel flSh ;
little eggs. That's both an honor and
an opportunity. For an opportunity
is when one gets chance to do some
thing fine for his family, for others or
Tor himself And we. the leaves, have
an opportunity of helping others.
"Oh yes" ended the Pickerel-Weed
blossom. my day is over, but It mas
been a happy day. and there are lots
and lots OF us to come.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-04-30

,ul styles. Ouc OF them appears IN
The hIou-" pictured. This is q slip
ON ovcrhlou~r of grorgcjtc in biSque
color with jade green satin facing the
collar and repeated In the very simple
'r.ruidcrcd banding that outlines IA
pa.c at the front and borders the
cua- and bottom of the blouse. \ mar
row sash of The gcorgctt" begins at
each side Of the front panel and ends
in small bow and ends at the back.
4 row of covered buttons employs both
the bisque georgette and Jade satin
I'm their covering.
There are occasional high necked
models Also and among the hand
soonest Is one also made Of bisque
georgette, entirely covered with quar-
ter-inch tucks. II fastens down the
front with covered buttons, and they
are made OF the georgette and coral
colored satin that makes a deep point
ed turned-over portion on the collar,
and reappears on the cuffs. In addi-
ton to the always lovely white and
flesh color there are new and alluring
tints to experiment with In the sheer
est fabrics.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-04-30
PICKEREL-WEED FLOWERS.

"W" don't smell very sweet. hut
we're bright and gay and pretty"
said the Pickcrcl-Wc"d flowers
'Eut why have you such strange
nnmcT asked the Fairy Queen who
had come 10 the pond to talk TO the
Pickcrrl Weed family
"Errausr." said one of the bios
SONS, they say THAI the pichrrcl, lay
their eggs in our leaves. They like
Other water weeds too, but were
among the ones they Ike, and some
how or other, the honor OF the name
was given to us alone. That is ,hey
haven't named any of the other Wild
water weeds or water wild weeds OF
whatever you'd call us, after the pick
erClS.
They could have named other flow
ers which grow in ponds after the
pirkerels, because Of the fact that the
pickcrels lay their eggs in different
plants.
"Bnt they didn't want to do that.
They wanted to give us the whole
honor. 50 that folks would know that
the pickerels laid their eggs In our
leaves.
IF they lay them in other weeds,
no one is the wiser. That is no one
is tho wiser from the names.
There are other fishes, too, who
lay their eggs in weeds, but | don't
know whether any Of the others have
given their names to the weeds or not
/ don't know and it doesn't interest
me We don't smell very sweet, it
Is true. but we're gay and very grnce-
ful.
We're tail and our long blue
RAGGED blossoms above our rirhI"ok-
Ing leaves look very handsome. We
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-04-30
Bonded
Commission
Merchants
Swiss Lakes Disqorqe Relics.

The recent drought in Switzerland
has lowered the lakes so much that
arChaeOlOgiStS are having great OPP
pOrtunily to examine the old laCu~
trine or pile dwellings which date back
to the stone age. old pottery is be
ing discovered in two lake dwellings
revealed on the shores of Lake Neu-
Chatcl, says n Cablcgram 10 the Ne"
York Times, and hundreds of piles IN
perfect preservation and on which
these dwellings originally rested ar"
now clearly visible. Many persons
have volunteered help for cXcavating
the remains of thcS" ancient dwellings,
which, according to Doctor kellerchief,
the Swiss authority on the subject,
ceased To be inhabited about the first
century Of the Christian era. NuIner-
our boats, which apparently were
wrecked and sunk in past times. are
now visible.