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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-03-25

luo CouluucutS VI Tcpuuiicdn hoWS-
papers on the shortcomings of the
late lamented pop Legislature are
referred to by the organs of that
party as "yillainous misrepresenta-
tion," "unjustifable criticism" ETC.,
but how do these worthy journals
propose to dispose of the evidences
of incompetency and corruption fur
nished from undoubted populist
sources? The ~fre-eating senator
from Minnehaha comfy. Lasse
bothum, of boycott fame, and of
whose populism there a be no
question, declares in a communities.
ton to a local paper, 81 shall not
deny that as l write these lines there
exists doubt in my bosom As to
whether the peoples party or the
principles we are working for will
ever become dominant. We have
shown ourselves, not only as individ-
GALS, but as a party, to be worship
ers of Mammon and men without
principle" Dave Morgan, populist
senator from McCook county, meet
ing Governor Lee, characteristically
remarked, "you are not big enough
to be governor of South Dakota.
You may sell goods and you msy
buy and sell hogs, but that is all you
do know, and | predict you will go
m with your political vitals cut
out" Speaker John Colvin remark
ed at the close of the session "that if
anything is calculated to disgust a
mar with politics it was this session
of the legislature" A free silver
republican said in a private CONVEX
%sation, 81 was a republican from 1861
up to two years ago, and l never
SO much corruption in all that time
as | have seen in the last twenty
four hours" Populist Senator KEEL
Ter in his scathing speech in the
senate said, sDon't fatter yourselves
that because you ere sent here to
legislate that you can override the
will of your constituents and place
in jeopardy the institutions of our
state merely that the hungry wolves
OF office seekers may be satia.ed.
The tropp of starved applicants for
office is what disgusts me-" Scores
more of disguised p~opulists might
be quoted in the same vein, while a
number of populist papers have re-
nounced allegiance to the populist
party as now controlled. The fact
OF the matter is the so-called party
of purity and reform has been
weighed in the balance and found
wanting.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-03-25
What They Earned.
washington Times.

As reformers the popullst mem
bers of the late lamented legislature
are entitled to a chrome with q
brass frame.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-03-25

,gama5t ca ing point in favor of the
ty &c Amerierif bill is the manner in which
--received by the English and
ere arc ,srman journals, they kicking siren
sniS' .ously against it.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-03-25

81 CURRENT TOPICS. *
Alc1C3C3C3C5C
Tired Feeling.

The man who is a populist from
principle does not feel very Jubllant
over the work of the recent legisla-
ture,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-03-25
Wanted An Idea r: ::$ !: e : ':'s:

wfiSs JOHN wKDDERBURN 3 Co, Patent Alto.
= Wsseincscn. 2: 9 fos Their ei.ao ps!ss ~
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-03-25
March rs, 1897.
Ms e. ARTHUR. Pl

1919 = Ks Day will forever
ana 81 p;o Stone anories for Jim Corbett.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-03-25

name L7an.'0esnd Walling the con-
Y TOT Dig SUOMI .erers Of Pearl Bryan,
I. Nor,h Dakota 4 Friday in the Jail yard
: harshly criticis.t, Ky.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07
Why Thunder Rolls

The prolonged roll of thunder is
readily explained by comparison with
a volley fired along a line of troops.
Suppose troops TO be drawn up in line
in such number as to extend for a
mile, and ordered. by a signal that all
could see, to fire at once. One stand
ing at the end of the line would hear
the report of the musket nearest him
instantly. He would hear the others
successfully.
Thus a report $50 feet AWAY would
come to him in half a second, and he
would not hear the last report for five
or six seconds after the gun had been
fired. This would produce a sort OF
roll, which would gradually increase
in intensity. Flashes of lightning may
be considered as representing three
lines of troops along which the explo-
sions occu at the same time. Consider
the variety of distance and position of
the listener, and we account for the
variety of sound in thunder. In noun
famous regions the rolling is aug
mented by reverberations of echoes
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07

inhabited the central province of
Imerina since they came owe the sea
from nobody knows where, perhaps
Malaysia, apparently acknowledge
French sovereignty. But they form a
small proportion of the Malagassy
peoples. Some of the tribes have
armed their fighting men with mus
kets many of them still use the orig
inal native weapons, the spear and the
shield. In the dense forests the blow
gun is used with patient skill.
When Mr.. Taylor, who comes of a
New York family, landed at Tamatave
in 1891. he had already, at the age of
thirty-seven, seen a good deal OF the
far corners of the world. His desire
for travel had been strong since he left
New York and Joined Red Clouds band
of Ogallala Sioux at the age of fifteen.
From Dakota he roamed to the edge
of the Arctic Circle, and was next
heard of in the Society and Hawaiian
Islands. Japan, Ceylon, the West
Indies and South America came next
in his itinerary. Strange adventures
fell to his lot in the Chaco region, in
particular, hundreds of miles inland
from Buenos Ayres, and by the time
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07

riers. who sometimes have to stagger
scores of miles through the desoiate
interior under loads which would tax
a beast of burden. OF the nifty men J
looked over / chose twenty-eight.
Zach one was to receive the equiv
alent of 50. so in Malsgassy money Tor
each 225 miles traversed with his load
and two shillings for rice en- ronte.
-Four of them started out with my nj
anzana, a species of palanquin' four
accompanied the f~lanzana as supsti,
tutes, and the other twenty carried
the boxes and parcels of provisions
and merchandise for traffic, winch
the Scotchman had put up in suitable
shape. 1 noticed that the canned
provisions 1 bought all came from
England and France, American ship
ments to Madagascar being limited to
cotton goods and lumber, for which
we take raw hides in exchange.
"My costume was of Kahkee cloth'
dust colored, of the kind the Indian
troops are clothed in. The filanzana
was an iron framed seat, covered with
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07
NEW FISH DISCOVERED.
Most Beautiful That Has Ever Ben
Noticed by N~aturallsts.

Most Beautiful That Has Ever Ben
Noticed by Naturallsts.
L new fish, unlike any other in map7
respects and OF extraordinary beauty
in coloring, has been discovered. Il
was found by Captain jacobson, Of The
schooner Wenoma. who caught as pee.
linen while fishing on the bank.
twenty-eight miles south.southWes Of
Cape F~lattery. The fish was 26l inche.
long, IL inches deep and about 4 inches
thick.
1t was beautifully colored, and il
its richness of shades SURPRISES any
Other fish which has yet been found.
The top of the head Is of brick red,
the back of a metallic blue, shading to
aluminium color on the belly. The
meridian line is strongly arched and
marked by a series of large scales
Pure round white spots are dotted over
the whole OF the fish.
In other respects the fish presents
an uncommon appearance. lis fins are
strong spined and extend nearly the
whole length of the fish. The spines
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07

canvas, fastened TO o couple of light
seven.foot poles Of strong wood, held
together by iron rods with screws and
nuts. There was a leather back and
foot rest of wood suspended by two
leather straps. This is the National
carriage of Madagascar. a country des.
titute Of roads and of pack animals.
Oxen are sometimes saddled, but not
often"
Starting from Tamatave, Mr.. Tay-
lor's route lay at first along the sandy
shores of the Indian Ocean. The
country was open, and twenty eight
miles were made the first day. He
headed for Antananarivo. the Hova
capital 225 miles inland, and was
eleven days on the way, though the
journey can be made in seven. While
travel in the remoter parts of the
island is not unattended by peril from
~crocodiles, rowing bands of murderous
outlaws, and the fury of tropical
storms. he had no difficulty in t~ravers.
ing the distance from the coast to the
capital-whieh the French invaders
found later, starting from the west
coast, not SO difficult as had been ex-
pected.
I'VE always stopped about IL
o'clock in the morning." he says, ''for
a meal. AT first we had bread, which
soon became very hard, and then
crackers. l cat very little fruit in the
tropics-the mango and the cocoanut
in the morning and late in the even.
ing, but never while the sun is up.
When we found a travellers tree | in.
serted my knife in the fibre between
two leaves and would drink, after
s%traininq, the water which came out.
l found the groo groo worms. or
grubs, taken between the leaves at the
top of the palm tree, to be delicious
when fried to a crisp. They taste like
the fat of a lamb chop with a soupcon
of cocoanut flavor.
My men chopped down young
cabbage palms and ate the heart of the
fruit, uncooked. 1t is white. and
tastes like cabbage. The Malagassy
are not %squeamish. They devour egg
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07
WHILE SHOWS ARE FALLING.


The spring time came-the spring time went
With shimmering cloud and shiny weather.
In golden glory June was spent;
On hills and fields we roamed together.
We walked through autumn's purple haze,
The futures dream of bliss forestalling,
And. shuddering. thought of winter-days, 4.
With SHOWS a-falling.
For earth was all so wondrous fair,
And heaven smiled down so blue above it,
Each wandering breath OF balmy air
But made us learn anew to love it.
What wonder il, with all so bright.
And wild birds through the woodland call
ing,
We sigh to think Of winters night,
And SHOWS a-falling.
In shining robes of ice-mail cleaning,
And calm white silence lulled to rest
The pale dead flowers beneath it dream
ing
Behold! we woke to find made true
The hope our hearts had been forestalling,
While SHOWS were falling.
All. WE'LL the days Of youth fly fasti
Their suns grow dim, their blossoms
wither,
And all the dreams that made our past
Fly fast and far, we know not whittier;
But, when we tread liie's wintry slope,
We hear again their voices calling,
And memory clasps the hand Of hope,
While SHOWS are falling.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07

ried in a bag. Some OF the sor,
are scarcely bigger then a pes.
IT started inland with 200 sva.h.
pieces chopped up in this way
gle coin is sometimes cut into twa.
five bits. The natives eaperIv .ag
copper and brass wire and egg.sbss"s
beads, tin cans and ng.necRed H.
juice bottles, instead Of the mo-
which is weighed out in light sbs:.
iron scoops almost as small as anotS'
carries scales. Every h~ouseboIds.
traveller and vender carries these
"Along the white sands of the 7,
dian Ocean, on the first days jourpsv
| shot many snipe, similar TO 4,
American species. AS we penetrate
inland we zane suddenly, here snS
there, on chained prisoners, roamiS.
at large, m OF the saddest features !
Malagassy life. Some of these unfo,.
Inmates would be so fettered that tbs,
could only step a few inches at a tims
the weight OF the chains being propo,.
toned to the enormity Of their q.
fences against the laws of the Hoyas
which are excellent in theory, bYt
wretchedly enforced. The eondemDe3
man is sentenced to wander ia tbs
mountains with an iron ring around
each ankle, another around his neck
and others on his wrists, the rings b..
ing joined by letters. 1t was pih.vl
to hear in the painless brush the moan
OF some poor manaeled wretch, help.
less and starving, either on his way d
report to his penal station or fallen
by the way in an agonizing quest for
food. The less severely punished az
sometimes able to pick up odd jobs Of
some light work"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07

of the dorsal are ten inches in length
The mouth Is strong and toothless, the
lower lip protruding and being Of q
vermillion color. Its eyes are large
and round.
No other fish like il has ever been
noticed By n~aturalists. Its nearest
relative, however, seems to be the
Zeus faber, Of the Atlantic, which Is
known as the Dory. The Zeus faber
is an excellent food fish, which is sell
dom met with in quantity. Scientific
examination of the new tisb, however,
seems to indicate that it may be Of the
genus Lnmptis.
The fish is nov at Seattle, Washing
lngton, where it reposes In the museum
OF the Young Naturalists' Society %
the gem of its collection.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07

he had reached Madagascar he was
casehardened to experiences of the
ordinary.
81 knew nobody in Tamatave, on
the east coast of Madagascar, " he says.
''when l landed there. | called on
John l.. Waller, the recently arrived
American Consul it's the right thing,
of course, for a traveller to pay his re-
spects to the representatives of his
country wherever he finds them. Ny
own regret has been that American
Consuls are not, as a rule, up to the
consular standards as set by other
countries. They are mot respected, In
my experience, as they should be by
the people among whom they discharge
their duties.
81 found Tamatiye n very unimpres-
sive town. The single unpaved main
street and the lanes that intersect IL
are covered with loose sand. When /
purchased my provisions for the jour
ney up the country to the capital ]
gave it out that ] wanted bearers.
The proprietor of the store was =
Scotchmsn, carrying a limited stock
OF general merchandise. Natives soon
began to offer themselves. / inspect
ed them in groups, rejecting ali those
who were heshy or unhealthy looking.
They averaged five feet seven inches in
height, 1 should say. Their tongues
had to be examined to see if their d.
gestion was good; their feet. to see if
they would make good ground gain
ers; their legs, to see if they had been
strained by heavy burdens. Tall,
spare men, who could throw their
shoulders out and their calves back,
we're the ones | looked for. They
must have shoulders free from the
sores so often found in Malagassy car-
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07
A Fish Story From Alaska

the depths of the Takou have again
given forth a strange and peculiar ami
NAL, fish or whatever it may be called.
1t was caught with a halibut hook, and
the fisherman who took it says it is a
sea rattlesnake, though it is the first
one he ever saw. In length it was
about four feet, with a round body
three inches in diameter at its largest
part and tapering to a fine point. The
body resembles a gelatinous substance,
and fell to pieces in a few hours after
being tsksn from the water, only the
skeleton remaining. Alaska News
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07

shells and chicken bones. At a native
hotel not far from Antananarivo l had
for the first course a strange, half.
burnt compound of fat, gristle and OK
flesh, roasted with the hide and bris-
ties on. The crust of the bread had
hair and feathers IN it. The second
course was better, consisting of wild
pigeon with green peas. Money in
Madagascar lean French fve-franc
pieces chopped into segments and EAR
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07
MOI One ..Irlshv potato.

"The popularity of the Irish po'
tato, so called, is in the fact that it Is
not Irish," observes one of the potato
experts of the Agricultural Depart
ment al Washington. "The potato
originally grew wild in the fields OF
Chile, Peru and Mexico. Sir John
Hawkins did not take it to ireland
until 1865. Sir Francis Drake TOOK
it to England twenty years after
wards. 1t did better, however IN
Ireland than anywhere else, and go'
its name, no doubt, because OF rs
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07

early and extensive cultivation IN Ire
land. Botanically it was origlnesly
known as the Batats Virginians, Ou'
in after years it was properly idensf
fed and classified as the Solarum W
berosum. New England Homestead
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07

"Walking has been a pleasure to m'
ever since / can remember. les
the painful part OF it was before YOU
could remember. Chicago Recof''
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07
TN MADAGASCAR.
INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS OF
AN AMERICAN TRAVELLER.
Queer Conveyance in Which whi'e
Men Ride-Quenching Thirst
at the Travellers Tree
Odd Ford.
observations in Madagas-

TTHE observations in Madagas-
car of Mr.. Frederick Taylor,
r. r. G. s., who spent seven
months travelling through the
interior, warrant the belief that there
will be a good deal more news from
that very interesting island before the
end of the struggle between the French
and the native tribes. The occupation
by the French of Tamataye and An
ta~nanarivo, the chief cities OF NADIA
gascar, did not by any mean indicate
the subjugaticn of Madagascar. The
Hoyas, the dominant tribe, who have
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-07
SELIMS ELEPHANT.

Kings we're taking
u turn with me. ]
had longed for a
change. but not
even my widest
i~maginings would
have made m e
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-07
Welding Cold Metals.

Prof. Roberts-Austin has made the
remarkable discovery that metals are
not only capable of diffusing into each
other when they are molten, but also
when they are cold. He has shown
that If clean surfaces of lead and gold
are held together in vacuo at tenn
perature of only 40 degrees for four
days they will unite firmly and can be
separated only by force equal to one
third of the breaking strain of lead it.
self. Gold placed at the bottom of a
cylinder of lead 70 millimeters long
thus united with it will have diffused
to the top in notable quantities at the
end of three days. Such facts as these
will tend to modify, if not to revolu-
tionize, our notion of solids and our
ideas of the relations to the liquid and
solid states of matter and open up a
wide area of application.-New York
Independent.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-07

Columbia Typographical Union NO.
1O1, Washington, D. c., has issued re-
port of its special committee to pre-
pare statement of facts relative to the
operation of civil service in the gov
eminent printing Office. The report, Il
copy of which has been received by
Secretary Marsh, shows that the plac
ing of the Office under the civil service
law has improved the quality of the
employees and secured them in their
tenure OF position. Less that five years
ago the Office was filled with men, who
had secured their appointments by rea-
son of their pull" with member of
congress; now they must pass exami-
nation and their politics or party SER
vice is the least factor. Prior to civil
service the yearly appointments in the
Office averaged 319; discharges 1858.
Under civil service the average is l4A
and 40 respectively. The committee
recommends, however, that the law now
in force in the postoffice department,
requiring written charges for the dis
charge of an employe, be extended 70
the government printing office.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-07
Labor and Industrial Notes.

Recent efforts to unite the two broth
erhoods of painters and decorators have
resulted in fiat failure.
The Reading, Pa, Iron Company has
posted the information that the wages
of their 1000 workmen must be reduced.
A large body of the unemployed wait
ed upon the mayor of Los Angeles. CAL,
and demanded assistance. Mayor Sni-
der assured the men that he would act
upon their request at once.
Buffalo boss BARRIERS have organized
and will support the Bundy bill. This
measure will abolish barber schools,
proyide for examination by a board,
and under it apprentices must serve
three years.
Recently twenty-three Of the build
ing trades unions Of Cleveland, O., rep
resenting nineteen different crafts,
made a demand on the contractors for
an enght-hour day, and 1t was very
generally granted, only six of the con-
tractors holding off.
The present membership of the
Knights of Labor order is reported to
be nearly 41,000, when in its palmy
DAYS the order embraced more than
500 900 workmen. Expenses are ex-
ceeding receipts and the salaries Of the
general officers are said to be largely in
| arrears.
Chicago humanitarians have united
with the trades unionists in support
of a bill which has been introduced in
the legislature providing that no child
under the age of 16 shall be employed
longer than forty-eight hours in any
one week or longer than ten hours in
any one day in any factory or work
shop Mrs. Kelley says children of
seven years now work as many as
twelve hours day in the pickle fac
tories in the suburbs during the sea-
son.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-07
A Celebrated Case.

The most distinguished body Of ar
biters that ever heard legal cause in
England has assembled in London to
adjudicate a dispute in which labor
complains against labor. The house OF
lords, the bench of the lord justices OF
appeal and eight judges of the queens
bench. will listen to evidence and give
final decision in an appeal from YER
dict of $4,000 damages awarded a
number of non union boilermakers who
sued the National Boilermakers' Union.
The verdict was sustained by court af-
ter court, and was taken to the house
of lords by the union The august cham
Der of peers considered the issue so i'm
portant that Lord Chief Justice Rus
sell was asked for advice and he decid-
ed to temporarily organize special
judicial tribunal. upon which he him
self sits, as head of the bench of lord
justices of appeal. Worldwide inter-
est has been aroused by the case, not
only among trades-unionists as we'll as
nOn-union workmen, who sometimes
conflict with members of labor organ
izations, but also among employers of
labor, who have been perplexed by
causes similar to those which brought
factions of British boilermakers into
collision In the courts. 1t is the old
problem, which has never been perma-
nently or satisfactorily solved by legal
process, as to whether labor unions
L. TIL 30 It'd al IN
discharge non-union men. In the Unit
ed States the practice Is common. Cases
have been tried in courts and opinions
given both in the affirmative and the
negative. In the English cause celebre
all the decisions have been against the
union. The Glengall Iron Works was
the original battle ground. The Glen
gall Iron Company up to a year ago
employed both union and non-union
boilermakers. In March, 1896, the Ma
company that unless it discharged all
the non-unionists in its employ and
gave the positions thus made vacant to
members of the union the union boiler
makers would be ordered out on strike.
The Glengall Iron Company had impor-
tant contracts to fill and was confront
ed with probability of loss 1t COM
piled with the demands of the union
and a score of non-unionists were dis
charged. These men brought suit
against the union and were awarded
damages of $4,000 by court of the
queens bench.
The union took the case from court
to court until it has reached its pres
ent prominence. The result of the
hearing is awaited with anxiety by
trades-unionists in all countries, as it
will affect one of the most important
features of their strike campaigning.
American unions frequently strike for
exactly similar concessions and en-
ployers almost as frequently grant
them.