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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-27
Aberdeen News

Aberdeen News.
The more the legislation enacted
by the populist aggregation of last
winter is looked into, the worse it
appears. 1t got scarcely anything
straight +; and what it did get
straight was by accident, and much
of that was afterwards spoiled by
the incompetenuy Of The clerks. As
a matter of fact, the aggregation
was not interested ia legislation, but
in spoils and the ~wreaking of revenge
upon the business interests of the
state and private individuals. In
addition to the robable repeal of
all state laws for the punishment of
drunkenness mentioned last evening,
leaving the matter entirely to city
ordinances, it will be seen by refer
ence to another column of this paper
that there is a strong presumption
that the local option features of the
liquor law are imperative to the
extent that where a municipality
votes against the granting of license,
saloons may be run regardless, upon
payment of only $500 for a county
license. Just what will be left of
the doings of the populist Legislature
when the lawyers get through with
them, or what the legislature did
with what previously existed, is ex-
tremely predetermined.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-27

When the sinker organs under
took to "church' III. S. Volkmar of
the Grant County Review they GER
ta.nly took charge Of a large con-
tract, and they will find before he
gets through with them that he is
abundantly able and willing to take
care of himself. To start with, he
has the facts on his side and while
they may not apply as directly to
Goodykoontz as to Loucks and Plow-
man, it must be taken into consider
alton that at no time was there the
slightest prospect of Goodykootz's
election, the bulk of his vote being
Loucks' votes cast for him to keep
him in the race and which he would
never have received had there been
a possibility of his election. There
would have been little use of his
applying for republican help when
he could not secure sufficient pop
votes to make a trade possible.
However, in the last issue Of his
paper Mr.. Volkmar, in treating of
the general situation, hits from the
~
shoulder in startling fashion, a por-
ton OF his article being as follows (.
"The field against Kyle was in
tensely bitter, and one of Governor
Lees appointees to state Office came
to the editor Of the Review and offer
ed hat If we could succeed in STAN
peding Kyle's forces to any other
candidate, he would guarantee that
the governor would appoint W to
the Office of insurance commissioner.
So anxious was the horde Of populist
senatorial aspirants for that six-year
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-27
The Wheat Outlook.
Aberdeen News.

- tb1iANNA ~fN"1'
There is no valid reason at the
present time why wheat should not
command a good price this fall. The
visible supply is the smallest for
years, so small that it may be wiped
out entirely before the crop Of spring
wheat is harvested, and at the same
time the winter wheat crop is unde-
niably short. Exports are abnorm-
ally large and the demand from
abroad is illustrated by the fact that
two more cargoes are being loaded
at New York fer South Africa. The
fact is the Northwest has much
reason to feel satisfied with the out
look at this time for both yield and
price.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-27
Butter To England.

The Argus-L leader hopes the South
Dakota butter makers will succeed
in their efforts to have the secretary
of agriculture send samples OF South
Dakota butter to England. L. n.
Hunter of Sioux Falls, the creamery
expert, has been corresponding with
the department. Of agriculture on the
matter and has received assurances
that if it a be arranged a shipment
Of South Dakota butter will be made.
The experiments now making have
in view the English market for Am
erican butter,-that market having
heretofore been supplied largely
from Belgium. South Dakota but
ter grades up with the best made in
this country, and the Argus-Leader
hopes to see Mr.. Hunter succeed IN
getting a shipment made from tins
state. The creamery industry IS
already one OF great importance IN
this state. There are nearly lou
creameries now in operation and
the number by winter will reach goo.
There is almost no limit to the
amount of butter this state can
produce, and the only question is
the important one Of market. Ii
the department Of agriculture sue.
ceeds in opening a market for this
product in England, South Dakota
in m with other dairy states
will be a large gamer thereby.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-27
r1ontana Justice Wanted.
Howard Press.


South Dakota is not alone in her
disgrace for the corruption and in
competency ola reform Legislature.
Montana is in a similar boat, but
out there the reform secretary of
the senate has been sentenced to a
term in the ~penitentiary for stealing
a bill. In the late reform body in
South Dakota, bills were not only
stolen but in some the verbiage was
SO changed as to nullify the intent Of
the act. And not only that, but
money was appropriated from the
state treasury by deliberate and in
tentionallv Justification of the records.
AT least the record of one bill calling
for an appropriation of $1,000 was
falsified to show an affirmative vote
OF 20 1.-THE number necessary to pass
the bilD when in reality only 26
senators voted for the measure. The
was made in the senate
journal OF the last day of the session.
The bill SO passed appears on page
IL Of Carriers Dollar Edition Of the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-27
There Are Others.
Miller Press.

The radical man seldom waits for
any hind-sight to set in, so he blazes
away on first thought-viGe the
Kansas populist law against trusts
and organizations, which is now dis
covered to strike organized labor.
Some folks never look ut all in this
world, and then there others who
look after shey leap.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-27


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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-27

The supreme court has handed
down a decision in a case that was
a square test Of resubmission, in
which it valves aside the argument
of untechnicality and upholds the
legality Of the submission Of the
p%rohlbitory amendment. In
its holding, the court uses the fol-
lowing language
"We are of the opinion that not
withstanding that The proceedings
upon this proposed amendment
were somewhat informal, the two
houses of the legislature and the
people have fully exercised the
powers vested in them by the con-
stitution and have declared sub.
stantially in the manner prescribed
by the fundamental law that Are
ticle "a should no longer constitut-
a part of the constitution of this
state"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-27


The city of Brooklyn advertised
the other day for a loan Of $780,
600, 81 per cent gold bonds, forty
years, exempt from local taxation
Responses to the extent of %, $780,
900 were received and one firm
offered $418, 108. GA for the $780,
900 Of bonds. The silver crowd
should note this. They hold that
money is painfully scarce and is
closely boarded in bank vaults be-
cause capitalists have concocted a
conspiracy to make hard times.
AS a matter of fact, says the Mimi.
eapolis Journal, any individual CT
firm or municipality whose credit
is good can get all the money they
need at a reasonable rate Of inter-
est.s When business is active
enough to require more money, it
can get all it wants. 1t is not the
quantity of money which begets
business it is business activity
which makes money flow where it
is needed most.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-27
New York Fashion Letter.

As the season advances, we find
that Elton jackets and the bolero
are becoming too ordinary for the
ultra fashionable and to get away
from these shapes double breasted
effects are being rapidly adopted.
Outside coats, dress waists and
even evening bodies are being
fashioned after tins style. The
evening bodices are draped in soft
folds which cross at the waist line,
and are fastened with fancy buckles
or buttons, giving much the same
idea that the surplice used to have.
This style is very becoming to al.
most any figure and gives al oppor
tunity of showing u V shaped piece
in the front of the bodice, which
can be made of fine lace or EN-
broidered chiffon.
Mosquitaire sleeves continue to
be very popular. Even the sum mer
lawns and organdies which are not
lined are made up in this style.
In making up these sleeves, it is
necessary to use a tape on the inside
seam of the sleeve to which the full
ness can be tackled. Another idea
is to make a seam on the back IS
we'll as the front of the sleeve and
stitch the seams double so that a
soft cord can be drawn through the
seam, and the fullness distributed
carefully and then caught to the
cord with invisible stitches. The
hand trimmings are made of lace,
chiffon, or embroidered muslins
and in many cases fall down over
the hand almost to the knuckles.
The collars for light summer
gowns become more and more elab-
crate as the season advances. The
dressmakers spend as much
time originating new ideas for
collars as they used to spend in
designing a whole gown. A pretty
neck trimming Is. beyond u doubt,
a very necessary feature in the
summer dresses.
Ribbons are used in great pro.
fusion, not only for collars and
belts but as waist and skirt trim
ming. They are used to make y
pretty contrast with the color Of
the dress rather than to match it.
For the above information we
are indebted to A. Mcdowell & Co.
4 West l4th ST., New York, who
publish the only cheap imported
fashion journal sold In this coun-
try. "Ls Mode de PARIS" is 81. 30
year, 80 cents a copy, aud the
French Dressmaker" is SO a year
or 80 cents a copy. These journals
make a special feature of lessons
on practical dressmaking every
month. During the next six
months they will give a series OF
lessons on bicycle costumes which
will be of great interest TO both
professional aud amateur dress.
makers.
II you cannot secure these books
at your newsdealer, send direct TO
the publishers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-27

session laws Of '97. This statement
a be substantiated by a multitude
Of witnesses. A little Montana JUS
tice administered in South Dakota
MIGHT have a wholesome effect on
Performers in particular.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-27
Thursday, May ~, 1897.

Senator Kyle has worked a bill
through the senate approprlating
800, 600 for a government build
ing at Aberdeen.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-27

Bert Fuller, editor of the Summit
Signal, has been appointed post
master at Summit. A just recog-
milton Of a good republican and hard
worker.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-27
DgS%Dr>%yg@e
XIX CURRENT TOPICS. Xxx
Prosperity, A Coy Goddess.
Andover Gazette.

AHHVNHI NHAVtNV'
A certain class Of newspapers are
INDUCING in fings because prosperity
does not return. Even in the best
of times prosperity does not hunt
over a town looking for a mar who
is working nothing but his mouth.
Prosperity is coy girl, ana har
smiles are only won by the fellow
who rustles right lively.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-27

The independent spirit and ready
wit of Congressman Dolliver of
Iowa were fully shown in his answer
to Armour & co. Of Chicago, who
wired to him, "Duty on cattle in
DingIey bill too high it will pre-
vent our buying tanners in Mexico"
to which Deliver replied, "Glad Of
it. Buy your Gamers in Iowa"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-27

The oil inspector continues to go
the rounds and perform his duties,
but it is hard to see of what use he
is as long as the law reads that it
shall be LAWFUL to sell kerosene
that has been rejected for illumin-
ating purposes. This is another
legacy from The late pop Legislature.
The Princeton union., 1897-12-30
All VIII Be Cooks.

The preliminary fashionable fad of
the season is cooking. To be in the
very height of the moment you must
join a cooking class or form a cook
ing Glass;. according to your success
as a popular favorite. The rooms de-
voted to cooking at the Armour insti-
tute are filled with the debutantes who
are to bow their prettiest to society
during the coming month, and the de-
butantes who went through the ordeal
last year. You begin at the beginning
with washing dishes and you end the
term domestic jewel. Nothing is too
complicated for your capacity, from
bread making to the indigestible edi-
bles that simmer under the cover of
a chafing dish. When Owen Meredith
wrote his verses in praise of cooks and
dining, his prophetic vision must have
rested upon the picture of the fash
ionable modern queen of the kitchen.
The Princeton union., 1897-12-30

period. represents him side by SIDE
with a German 8 drum-ma5or. The
skeleton of "the great Irish giant is
preserved in the museum of Trinity
college, Dublin.
Two other celebrated Irish giants,
Charles and Patrick O'Brien, flourish
ed in the eighteenth century.
Charles, whose surname was really
Bryrne, measured 8 feet 2 inches, and
died in Cockspur street, Charling
Cross, in 1888, aged twenty-five. Ills
death was precipitated by excessive
drinking, to which he was always adj
dicted, but more particularly after the
loss of all his property, saved from
the profits Of exhibiting himself,
which he had simply vested in a
bank note for G7O0 On going to bed
one night O'Brien hid the precious note
in the fireplace. A servant girl, un-
aware of the fact, lit the fire, and the
note was destroyed. ,.,
O'Brien had morbid dread lest af-
ter his death his body should be seized
The Princeton union., 1897-12-30
FAMOUS KISSES.

The kiss, we are told, was formula
of good will among the ancient Romans
and was adopted by the early Chris.
tians, whose sholy kiss and "kiss cf
charity carried the weight of apos-
tolic sanction.
the sandal on the pope's right foot
should be kissed by newly created car
dinals and by those to whom an audi
ence is granted. Even royal persons
paid this act Of homage to the Vicar Of
Christ, Charles v being the last to do
so. . .s--'.. a d.. ..-
Kisses admit Of great variety of
character, and there are eight diversi-
ties mentioned in the scriptures. It is
as a sign of reverence and in order to
set a sacred seal upon their vows that
witnesses in a court of law, when they
are called upon to speak the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth y
are required to touch the bible with
their lips,- as also are soldiers when
they enlist and make the oath of allie
glance to Queen Victoria.
Men in nncivilized regions kiss the
feet of a SUPERIOR or the ground in
front Of him and in ancient
times To nress the Inns tn .the
knee or to the hem Of gar
ment was to humbly implore protec-
tion. The Maoris have adonted the
custom of kissing hut the negroes OF
West Africa refuse to do so, and an.
The Princeton union., 1897-12-30

ihibited in New Bond street, and stood
z feet inches in his stockings; while
the Spaniard, who called himself "the
Spanish Goliath measured Z feet 10
iLrhes. He was appointed drum
m zjor to one of the French regiments,
and made grand show with his baton
of Office, heavily headed long cane,
profusely orna1nented and gilded,
which he twirled and twisted in time
to the martial music as the regiment
marched through the streets of the gay
city.
He came to London in 1846 and was
exhibited in the Cosmorama Rooms,
Regent street, with great eclat and
prestige, shaving been honored with
muniiceht tokens of appreciation from,
His Majesty Louis Philippe, King Of
the French, Her Majesty the QueenEof
Portugal and Her Majesty the Queen
of Spain. The great .Spaniard was,
however, eclipsed by the celebrated
Norfolk giant, Robert Hales, a native
of the little village of West Somerton,
near Great Yarmouth. He was one
of a family of giants, his father meas
uring 6 feet 6 inches and his mother
6 feet. He had five sisters consider
ably over 6 feet and four brothers
nearly as tall as their father, but
Robert overtopped them all, measur-
ing nearly 8 feet; and possessing a
strongly knit frame in perfect proper
tion. He measured 62 inches round ihe
chest, and FL inches round the calf OF
the leg. It took yards of broad cloth
to make him suit of clothes. At the
age of thirteen he entered the Royal
| Navy, and served on board H. M. S.
Ranger, under Captain Wells, during
a period of three years. ~... 4
The enterprising Barnum took Hales
to America in 1848, whence he re-
turned and set up as mine host Of the
Craven Head tavern, Drury Lane.
Here he dispensed stout and bitter to
an admiring crowd, who gaped in won
der at his gigantic proportions, and
examined with awe the massive gold
watch and chain which the royal hands
of Queen Victoria had bestowed upon
him. ...-
Hales failed, however, to make the
Craven Head tavern pay, and returned
once more to the show business,
While making a tour in a caravan he
The Princeton union., 1897-12-30
is death his body should be seized


on by the chirurgical fraternity and
dissected, so in his wi II he directs
that his remains shall be- thrown into
the, sea. A paper of the period gives
detailed account of his burial at sea,
off the coast of Margate, but it was lf-
terwards asserted in The Public
Ledger that DR.. William Hunter had
purchased the body of the celebrated
giant, whose skeleton was subsequent
ly added to the other wonders of the
Hunterian Collection to be seen in
Lincoln's Inn Fields.
The other Irish giant, Patrick
OBrien, was born about 1850, at Kin
sale. His real name was Cotter, and
he measured 8 feet inches, though
the advertisement of the time give his
height as feet, and claim for him G
descent from King Brian Boru Though
much taller than Charles O'Brien Ito
whom he was in no way related),
Patrick lacked the latter's strength and
physique, though he lived to be more
than twice as old as the smaller giant,
dying at the age of forty-seven.
It >is said that from Yorkshire and
Lancashire come the tallest men and
women as far as England is concerned.
William Bradley was a native Of the
former county, and was born in the
East Riding in the year 1892, accord
ing to a description Of him published.
with an old print, which we reproduce.
Bradley was a teetotaler, having never
tasted wine, beer, or spirits. At the
age of nineteen he measured Z feet
inches, and was remarkable for the
great size of his hands and feet. At
he age of II he weighed II stone,
while at nineteen he turned the scale
at 81 stones. His shoe was Is inches
long and 51h inches wide, and his
stockings 3 feet 9 inches in length.
Like so many other giants, Bradley
died young, and was buried in his na-
tive town, Market Weighton.
James Toller, the Huntingdon giant
whose portrait, together with that of
Simon Paap, the dwarf, we present to
our ueaders, was born in 1895, at st.
Meats, Huntingdonshire. At the age
of seventeen he measured 8 feet; and
at his death, which took place in 1919,
he had reached the great height of 8
feet inches. His father and mother
were of the ordinary altitude, but he
had a sister who at the age of sixteen
stood fully six feet. Simon Paap, the
dwarf, measured only 28 inches, and
at the age of tMenty-six weighed only
27 lbs. His head was out of all pro-
portion to his diminutive body, but he
was very Intelligent, speaking several
The Princeton union., 1897-12-30

Captain Bates was one Of family
of giants, but Miss Swans parents
were, it anything, below the usual stat
ure.
It was not likely that Barnum, the
prince of showmen, would miss the
chance sof exhibiting young lady
who atR11 years of age measured 81
feet, and like another giantess Of later
times, was 'still growing Hence we
find her astonishing all New York till
the burning down of Barnum's estab-
lishment and the narrow escape of the
fair Nova Scotian put an end for a
time to Miss Swans receptions.
Possessed of considerable attractions
his some histrionic ability, we find
Miss Swan, soon after the disastrous
fire, drawing large audiences to a New
York theater to witness her imperson-
alton of Lady Macbeth. but she soon
returned to the show business, and
made grand tour in America, subse-
quently visiting the principal cities of
the old ldhworld 1921
Plare aux danes! We have hither-
| TO, WIFI TWO exceptions, made mention
only OF famous male giants, reserving
to the last little portrait gallery Of
three celebrated giantesses, whose bio
graphical notices, having regard to the
amount of space at disposal, must nec-
essarily be brief.
Some years ago there was exhibited
in Plccadilly a young Swiss lady
named Catherine Boebner. At the age
OF % she measured feet inches, and
came to England after tour in Eu-
rope, during which she was presented
at the courts of Russia and Germany,
creating quite sensation by her beau
ty, which was greatly enhanced by the
picturesque costume in which she lp-
peared.