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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-03-19
PELEHATCHE.
Pelehatchc, Miss.

Pelehatchc, Miss.
pronounce it "Pellyhatchie.w
We got begged outside of Forest in
some Mississippir wallOws
Where there wasn't any bottom to
the clay that lined the hollows,
But with seven darkies pushing, and
with seven other plugging,
We were set upon the roadway and
our car continued chugging
Toward the tiny town Of Morton, on
so-called highway which is
Made of clay and muck and gumbo
hcaped between two tcn-foOt
bitches;
BY miracle We made it, till all mud
dy, cold and drippy,
We arrived at Pclchatchc, Mississip-
pi.
We had planned on making Vicks-
burg, or at least on reaching
Jackson.
But the sturdy, fighting spirit Of
the hardy Anglo-Saxon
Wasn't strong enough within US; we
were weary, bone and sincw,
And our common sense decided it was
silly to continue.
Thus we rested from out labors As
the shades Of night were falling
And the dinner bell was ringing with
melody cnthralling;
We were famishcd from our travel
over roadways wet and slippy,
So we stopped at Pclehatchc, Mis-
sisippi.
Twas funny country hostel, but
the food-thc food was yummy
1t was pleasant to the palate and 1t
satisfied the tummy. .
There we're biscuit light as feathers
and my blood will ever quicken
As l think about the SAVIOR of that
| crisp and tender chicken,
Golden eggs we'll friend in butter
and a lot of other dishes;
Yes, the food at Pclehatche meets the
tourists fondest wishes;
So the traveller, when weary from
the rigors of his trip, he
Ought to stop. at Pelehatchc, Missis'
sippi.
There is nothing much to do there
there is nothing much TO SEE
there,
But the rooms are clean and comfy
| and it's pleasant just to be there
And to sit around the wood-stov'
with the local dignitaries
| And to listen to the gossip which
the tongue of rumor carries.
From Meridian to Vicksburg is |
journey far from pleasant,
With the roads in the condition tina
they suffer from ct present;
But when navigating through then
4 makes you pretty nearly dippy,
Take a rest at Pelehatche,. Missis
| sippi.
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of a delicate nature. The world Of
finance has always it's sccrccics. lie
appears now, however, to have
brought his operations to close.
You arc aware, perhaps, that he has
landed in England?
My heart gave a little jump. |
could not tall whether the sensation
I experienced had more in it Of
joy or of fear.
SIS he safe?" I asked.
"Safe?' Mr.. Younghusband re-
peated little vaguely. "Why not!'
There was moments silence. l
looked around at the shabby but inn
posing contents Of the Office, at the
lawyers mildly puzzled expression.
| drank in the whole atmosphere Of
the place. and was dumb. Mr..
Younghusband sud emily smiled, and
tapped with his forefinger upon the
table. He was like a man who has
suddenly seen through faulty
phrase in some legal document.
II apprehend you," he said. "For
a moment was not altogether able
to appreciate the significance of
your question. New York is n curl
Gus place, and l understand-er-
that the financial operations IN
which your husband has been con-
cerncd, although profitable, may
nave made him enemies. He travel
ed back to England, indeed. under
an assumed name. Let me see
have it somewhere" he went on
fumbling once more among mass
of papers. II had it in my hand only
a few minutes ago -. Here we
arc--Mr. Richard Peters. ! am in
structcd to say, madam, that your
huband would welcome a call from
you"
"You nave his address,
'Ycs-his address, he repeated
"Prcciscly- have it here-Numbc'
Eleven, Jackson Street"
"Mayfair?" inqu,re red.
Mayfair" he. assented. The ad
dress reminds me, madam, he wen
on, that you must be prepared t.
see your husband-er+-not in thu
best of health. He is, in fact, in
nursing home
SIS he seriously ill?' / asked.
Il believe not" was the dclberat
reply. "You will have an opportun
ity of judging for yourself within
half an hour. | am to ask you t
visit hun as soon as you can find !
convenient
/ sat quite still was trying t
get these matters into my mine
The lawyer glanced at his watch an
Immediately struck the bell in from
of him.
"You will forgive me, madam, h
said rising to his feet. 81 have
meeting of the Law Society to at
tend. My compliments to your hus
band. Tell him to let me know if
can be of further service to him..
The boy was holding open tn
door. The lawyer, with courteou
old-fashioned bow, evidently cor
sidercd the interview at an end.
went back to my taxicab, a littl
bewiidered, and drove at once
jackson Street. A nurse in starchc
linen ,frock and flowing cap consult
ed little slate and led me to
bedroom IN one of the upper storic
"Mr Peters is getting on famous
ly, madam" she announced cncou
agingly. "The doctor hopes to
able to let him out at the end of tt
week. Please step in. You can sta
as long as you like. :. Your Wi
is here, Mr.. Peters," she went o
ushering me through the doorway
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Way not Il restaurant !! l asked.
"Out of consideration for YOU
he replied promptly. "fo on are prop
ably more or less watched, and your
movements reported to the organ
ration OF which your husband Is
the chief. Ii you are seen dining
alone VITA me IN u public place,
they may imagine chat you have
come over to the enemy
you are most thoughtful" | re-
phed with all the sarcasm in my
tone winch | could command. Il Will
come, to your rooms them
He nodded pleasantly, raised his
cap and stepped INSIDE the taxicab.
| watched him a moment, hating him
because nc seemed the one person
who had the power to ruffle me. He
was dressed Just as | liked to see
me dressed, in gray tweed, loose but
well-htting. He wore soft collar,
and the tie o. a famous cricket club.
His tweed cap was set just at the
right angle. He moved with the light
ease .of an athlete. | hated his
shrewd, kindly smile, the clearness
of his bronze complexion, the little
humorous lines about his eyes.
went straight back to my rooms and
wrote him a few implusive lines.
wrote to say that | would dine with
him at any restaurant ne liked, but
not in Charges Street, and that ht
could call for ne at eight o'clock.
At half past three that afternoon
| received the invitation which
had been expecting, and at four O
clock ! stepped out of a taxicab ant
entered the offices e. firm of soil
citors situated in a quiet square
ncur Lincoln's Inn. An office boy ros
up from behind worm eaten dcs
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Goat CAME BACK"

The birds that build their nests your home this
spring probably will be the that amped near you
last year SO claims H. Knight Horsed in his new book
"Sidelghts on Birds
year. highly developed in birds the very fields and woods
which constitute home for them being resought after
year..
How do they find their way back?
Horsfed writes that the strange wayinding power OF
migratory birds leading to the idea that there exists IN
birds occult which may be classed as OOdtd-
ing sense separate from and additional to the five
possessed by people and animal life.
Some of u.s. who considered queer" merely have
sixth psychic
Birds are very human, Horsied comments. He thinks
the lure that makes them return to former homes is their
passionate attachment for their native landsher true
homein which the most fascinating period of their lives
is spent
Horsteld also claims that certain bird families have dis
nc of the rights of property Sometimes they fight
and drive invaders of what they consider their exclusive
territory with rocks is clear that given belt of trees
is marked the property of particular colony In
other words fence
All of have recognized cats and dogs, this instinct
which brings birds back to their former homes AS the OLD
saying goes THE cat came back"
But the cat will back unless it has affection for
it's old home kittens that need it's according to Prof
F. II Herrick of Western Reserve University.
The cat, says Herrick returns home by the power OF
orientaton of direction. This of orena-
on keen of muscular feeling far keener than that
possessed by the human body By it, cat knows instantly
in which direction home lies, through the feeling OF its
muscles 1t is of direction in it's most acute form
dog owned by Frank Farrow recently sold and sent
by express from Denver town 700 miles away 1t
turned home limping. Vaudeville now will stand by
Turn important, though possibly less interesting
world events.
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BY SIDNEY c. ROACH.
u. S. Representative From Missouri,
Eighth District.

Two negroes were dickcring over "A
mule. The mule was tied to a tree.
Oats a very spirited mule said
the owner.
"Mcbbe he is" said the prospcc-
tive buyer, "but he don't look like
it to me- He looks kinda dopey to
me-
Hes so spirited" insisted the
other, dat has to keep him tied
up all the time"
'Well, unite him and lessee how
spirited he is
"I's afeard to unite dat mule,
said the seller. "Hc's too Spirited
After much argument the mule
was united. He Strengthened up
cooked an eye about him, shook him
self, and then ran madly across the
field, collding, hcadon, with an
other tree.
"Why, dat mules blind!" OK
claimed the possible buyer.
Blind! No sab. Dat mule AIM
blind. He's just SO spirited he donf
give DAM"
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SPEAK UP. SHIELDS

We have one thaC beats the biz
zard proof turkeys at Shields city
block. A fAmer near Carson told
US that he missed turkey hen dur
ing the recent February storm and
during the thaw last week the old
hen swan to the barn with II hatch.
ing Of little turkeys. She had been
buried in Il snow bank and laid a
setting of eggs and Matched them
Carson Press.
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WIVES

Commotion in Turkey, where they have law making
marriage compulsory for It's fool law and will not
help it's pupose-replenshng the Turkish losses in
. War is biological condition.
And nature by biology will replace the losses Two
generations, and you'll know there had been
war in Europe when you look the official nosecoun
The tendency of people, the to multiply to
the limit Of the ears ability to support them Sometimes
Z as in Asia, beyond that.
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EDITORIAL REVIEW

Comments reproduced in this
column may or may not express
tho opinion Of The Tribune. They
are presented here in order that
our readers may have both sides
Of important issues which are
being discussed in the press OF
the day.
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Tom
Sims
Says

What tickles man more than
getting out his summer suit and
finding dime in the pockets?
There are books and books on how
weeks to wash your elbows.
MOI q u! q5noua uIrM % HIN II
to play golf, when what most play
ers need is one on now to stop.
Half the broken telephones are
caused by replies to Bet you can't
guess who this is talking?
A man raises cain with the waiter
about burned toast because he can
get that kind at home.
No telling what you could hear
with the energy you spend every
day in saying nothing.
! When some men do stay home At
night they stretch out and sleep un-
til time to go to bed.
because they must think everybody
stays mad all the time.
When you see a stenographer sit
ting around reading, it is novel and
not a spelling book.
If harbcrs talk too much and wo-
men talk too much how much do
women BARRIERS talk?
The first sign of spring anywhere
is when the small boy hides the gar
den rake or the carpet beaten.
Every day is tag day for the auto
list who doesn't obey the laws.
Being Il rugged character is hard
because rugged characters usually
have SO much chin to shave.
No Easter is complete without.
someone saying the women must
think it is Decoration Day.
Reader asks if the $4,000 New
:
snow is a slush fund? Yes.
Anything can happen these days.
A prominent movie star says she is
not contemplating a divorce.
Slender girls will have their vogue
with King Tut's Egyptian styles
, Plump girls hope they did up fat
Eskimo next time.
First sign Of spring in Lcwstown,
Pa, was when boys tried to burn UP
the high school.
Some people are lucky. A Kansas
City man had his wooden leg cut
, off instead of his good one.
p Writer says the average flapper
/. should go and hide her face and we
say she does it with rouge.
I In New Orleans, sailor exhibited
a shaved cat as an African hairless
\ monster. Well, it was a bare cat.
y There arc trees in California said
/ to be 1900 years old and we hope no
/ archaelogist digs them up.
/ People live longer in Texas. Glenn
| Hyder Of Houston is seven feet and
| four inches tall.
| St. Louis woman says her husband
| has been grouchy ever since she
} married him 81 years ago Wonder
if he was grouchy before?
Fall Hurts Onc"-hcadlinc. Sc
does spring.
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BOOM

u Our railroads will handle tons of freight in 1928
any year in the past So predicts julius Kruttschnitt
chairman of the Southern Pacfics executive board.
He expects particularly heavy traffic when
ITO market in the autumn Wise business will figure
"a car shortage then Heavy freight movement means
bright prosperity outlook for all Of Play safe Save for
the rain day Booms last forever They're always
followed by depression
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A THOUGHT

IA -
The way Of the wicked Is, as dark
ness: they know not. at what they
stumblc.-Proverbs 4:19. :. ....
Wickedness is wonderfully dill
gent architect of misery, of shame,
accompanied with terror, and COM
motion. and remcrse. and endless
perturbation
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For First Class Dry Clean
ing. Call Capital Laundry
CO. Phone 684.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-03-19

What tickles man more than
getting out his summer suit ana
finding dime in the pockets?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-03-19

Half the broken telephones are
caused by replies to "Bet you can't
guess who this is talking?"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-03-19

to play golf, when what most play
ers need is one on now to stop.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-03-19

There are books and books on how
weeks to wash your elbows.
MOI . u! qjnoua WIrM % HIM VI
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-03-19

A man raises cain with the waiter
about burned toast because he can
get that kind at home.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-03-19

Anything can happen these days.
A prominent movie star says she is
not contemplating a divorce.
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Slender girls will have their vogue
with King Tut's Egyptian styles.
Plump girls hope they did up fat
Eskimo next time.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-12-28

dying man will fash in few mo-
ments hundred episodes Of his life,
and he realized with a sudden rush
Of feeling how empty and desolate his
life would be with Evelyn out Of il
entirely. True, for long time now
he had just taken her presence for
granted-had just thought Of her as
some one who was always there
some one who was necessary TO his
well-being and comfort, just as some
article Of comfort and convenience
might be, but now he realized how
much she meant to him, and he knew
that the love which he had thought
was dead and buried was still burn
Ing, but that Its flame was not felt
because Of the heavy curtain his in
difference and neglect had thrown
over It.
And then It was that Arthur VIII
liams made New Year resolution and
one which he kept through all the
years that followed, judging from the
new happiness which came to him and
his.wife and from the buoyancy and
hopeful attitude toward the future
which he brought to his tasks each day.
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to be really an extra room. The BATH
room and the bedrooms are reached
from door opening or the dining
room. and this helps to give them a
detached position with relation to the
rest Of the house. No one likes TO
have the bedrooms within the range
Of, vision Of even the most friendly
caller.
II were to have the furnishing of
this house l would see to II first that
my walls were finished in way which
would give the furnishings the proper
background. You could use large
fowered pattern for the wall paper in
the living room, because 1t is fairly
large room. and will stand It. The
woodwork could be painted or enam-
eled white. Or, you could use kaIso-
mine or paint or some of the new
plastic wall finishes, and get a plain
or "textured" effect for the wall, ana
have the tint neutral cream, ecru,
warm gray or neutral green. with
such handling Of the wall you could
let the woodwork take it's proper
place, finishing 1t natural, or staining
and waxing or vanishing 1t. Mahog-
any or walnut would go well here,
with Windsor chairs or some of tho
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-12-28

I've got tickets for a show, and after
that well have little snack of some
thing to eat, II you want to. And I'll
bring along the gloves : you picked
'em out, so they ought to suit -
Marcia SKINNED upstairs again like
bird. What were two flights when
cest-man-in-the-world asked you
to go to the theater with him! And
he was bringing the gloves for her |
This was New Years day to remem-
Der. AS she stood pinning on her hat
before the mirror, she made sudden
resolution. the first that had occurred
to her. though this was the properest
time for doing such things. 'Tn al
ways believe the best Is going to hap
pen. See how wonderfully things
have turned out, and ten minutes ago
was as blue as indigo. 1t just shows
that It Is silly wasting thoughts on
unpleasant subjects. This will be my
New Year slogan: Believe the Best I
It won't hurt you, and It may help
Some time later when Marcia and
the-very-nicest-m t-man-in-the-worid were
enjoying the theater. she whispered to
him her resolution. <.
He declared II was the finest one he
ever heard, and then made 20 bold az
to inquire II II had anythingl at all
to do with his comingi Marcia pre-
tended not to hear him.
II might be added thaf the gloves
wsrs : perfect q
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and bought pair of gloves-ladies'
gloves. He had told her, smiling a
little, that they were to be New
Years gift. Maybe she won't like
them," he added-"I hardly know just
what to select"
could give her any general idea Of the
lady's taste.
"Why, she's a dainty person." he
smiled again, mot so very big, not so
very small. She'd want something
good, fancy, but not too, we'll" he
seemed to be searching for the exact
qualification, mot too conspicuous or
strange!" That was the best
he could do, and they laughed together.
After careful consultation, gloves of
fine, heavy leather were bought and
paid for. They were gloves that any
one would be happy to wear on the
street; there was a well-made and
quiet distinction about them which
produced soft sigh of wistfulness
from Marcia. But she was entirely
unconscious of 1t.
At this point in her reflections there
came knock at her door.
Telephone, Miss Dunn" announced
the landlady. There was something
particularly knowing and kindly in
her voice.
Marcia few downstairs She hardly
knew what she expected. but her heart
was behaving 30 outrageously that she
ceuld hardly gasp feeble 'Hello"
into the transmitter
''Is that you. Miss Dump" asked a
delightfully."- masculine voice.
."Yes," quavered Marcia.
II just called up" continued the
voice, II just called up, er--" there
was break Of what seemed slight
embarrassment, then came strongly,
whats the use Of beating about the
bush? i called up TO ask IL could
run over to see you this evening? I'd
like to persuade you to go on a mild
little party with me. ! tried to ask
you today while was buying those
gloves, but lost my nerve"
Marcia was able TO produce faint
sounds which appeared to encourage
the voice at the other end.
your landlady knows me, because
used to come to see man who
lived there. 30 she can vouch for my
character. For two weeks I've tried to
ssk you about tonight. couldn't think
of nicer way to start the New Year.
than having little party with you.
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Floor,PIan.

tains all the artistic perfectiOns OF
our early American houses. Its ex-
terror is Of wooden siding. painted
white; stueco could have been used
as well, IL desired. The spreading
porch entrance Is perfectly proper
toned and inviting, and the. wide en-
trance doorway flanked by quaint
sidelights has an old-fashloned brass
knocker and two modern adaptations
of old Colonial wrought iron lanterns
to give light to the incoming and de-
parting caller.
step over the threshold and we are
inside the amply dimensioned living
room, Is feet by 10 feet 9 inches. II
has a fireplace fianked with built-in
bookcases, and with its large spread
Of blank wall space offers an oppor-
tunity for the effective grouping of
pictures and furniture. This Is con-
sideration worth taking into account
many rooms pretend to be convenient,
simply because they have many door
ways or windows. As matter of
fact the placing Of doors and win
dows deserves great deal Of study,
fof II the wall Is cut into by these
IN too many places we have a room
In which 1t is hard to make good fur
niture and piatures seem to belong.
Folding French doors divide the liv.
Ing room from the dining room. This
latter is 13 feet by 10 feet, has built
in china closet and four windows In a
row. The kitchen has many builtSin
conveniences. with the sink placed BY
the window and handy to the china
closet shelving above and the pantry
closs BY.
There are two bedrooms and .
slsspic-- porch that b 70 inclosed a
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-12-28

perceptibly drlfted apart? Looking
back. he recalled now, with half
shudder of remorse, many little in
stances where she had tried to bring
the old ways back, which he, in the
blind stupidity of taking things for
granted attitude had treated lightly
and passed by. He recalled with
pang one particular instance-a we'd
ding anniversary 1t was-when she
had met him at the door in pretty
gown and when she had gone to all
manner Of trouble in preparing won
derful dinner, with all his favorite
dishes, and when during the meal she
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-12-28

be making good resolutions this year
and try to keep them, too, so I'll be
worthy of the love of the best little
girl in the world"
Arthur Williams turned away impa-
tiently and went to his desk. But all
morning there came to him again and
again the memory of the conversation
and the look that had been on Clark
Winston's face as he had voiced his
determination to make New Year re-
solves. Each time the thought came
to him he tried to put 1t from him,
but somehow he found II hard to do.
For there had come to him, too, the
made such resolutions--when he, too,
had looked to the future with the de-
sire deep within him to make himself
more worthy each day OF the woman
who had consented to be his. Now,
however, he was content to drift along
with the tide, to take each day rs just
a repetition Of the one before-con-
tent to just hold the place he occu-
pied In the business world, and worse /:
almost content with the home life that
was now his, almost Indifferent to the
fact that he and his wife had slowly
drifted apart and that the ardent love
which had been theirs in the long ago
seemed to be now dead.
But In other days It had been diff
ferent with him--he had then been
just as full Of hope in the future
as full Of the fire of zeal and devotion
toward the woman who was his as any
man could be. How. he asked him
self now. had II come to be that things
were as they werei Was II that his
love for his wife was dead, that he
cared no longer for her. or was It her
fault that they had slowly, almost Inn