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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
ANCIENT POLITICAL RINGS
Some Old-Time Schemes for Wealth and
Power.

spne Otu- utLn "
Power.
The evil of ~monopolies and rings was
known 70 ancients, Aristotle referring
to them in his Politics" and then. as
them in check by legislation, says Lon
don Answers. The ~monopolist was in
Roman called a Dardanarius and pun
ished under the Lex Julia de Ammonia.
Monopolies of clothing, fish and all ar
ticles of food were prohibited by the
Emperor Zeno under pain OF confisca-
ton and exile; so that it IL certain that
the rings" of the ancient days were
as mischievous as they are now. AT
Athens a law limited the amount OF
corn a mar might buy. The earliest
recorded instance we have was a corn
ring" There is an ancient tradition
that the king who made Joseph his
prime minister and committed into his
hands the entire administration OF
Egypt was Apepi. Apepi was one of
shepherd kings and ruled over the
whole of Egypt, as Joseph's Pharaoh
seems to have done. The prime min
lister. during seven years of remarkable
plenty. bought up every bushel OF corn
beyond the absolute needs Of the
Egyptians and stored 1t. During the
terrible famine that followed he was
able to get his own price and bartered
corn successfully for the Egyptian
money, cattle and land; and taking
one-fifth for Pharaoh made him SUI
premely wealthy. 1t was not merely a
provident act, but a very polite one,
his policy being to centralize power in
the monarch's hands.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
ARE you TO LIVE IN ALAsKA7
some Requirements That VIII Be Found
| Indispensable.

some Requirements That Will Be Found
Indispensable.
The universal article of diet In that
country, depended upon and indispens-
able, is bread or biscuit. And to make
the bread and biscuit, either in the
camp or upon the trail, yeast cannot be
used-it must be baking powder; and
the powder manufactured by the pro-
cesses of the Royal Baking Powder
Company, miners and prospectors have
learned, is the only n which Will
stand In that peculiar climate of cold
and dampness and raise the bread and
biscuit satisfactorily.
These facts are very important for
every one proposing to go to Alaska
and the Yukon country to know, for
should he be persuaded by some out
litter to take one Of the cheap brands
of baking powder. 1t will cost just as
much to transport it, and then when
he opens 1t for use, after all his labor
in packing it over the long and difficult
route, he will find a solid caked mass
or a lot Of spoiled powder. with no
strength and useless. Such a mistake
might lead to the most serious results.
Alaska is no place in which to expert
ment in food, or try to economic with
your stomach. For use in such a
climate, and under the trying and
fatigning conditions Of life and labor
in that country, everything must be
the best and most useful, and above
all II is imperative that all food sup
plies shall have perfect keeping quail
ties. 1t is absurd to convey over such
difficult and expensive routes an arti-
Gle that will deteriorate in transit, or
that will be found when required for
use to have lost a great part of its
value.
There is M better guide to follow in
these matters than the advice OF those
who have gone through similar expert
ence. Mr.. McQuesten, who is called
"the father of Alaska" after an expert
nee of years upon the trail, in the
camp, and in the use of every kind of
supply, says: 1--WE find in Alaska that
the Importance Of a proper kind OF
baking powder cannot be overesti-
mated. A miner with a can of bad
baking powder is almost helpless in
Alaska. We have tried all sorts, and
have been Obliged to settle down to use
nothing but the Royal. 1t is stronger
and carries further at first, but above
all things, 1t is the only powder that
will endure the severe climatic changes
Of the arctic region"
1t is for the same reasons that the
United States government in its relief
expeditions, and Peary, the famous
arctic traveller, have carried the Royal
Baking Powder exclusively.
The Royal Baking Powder will not
cake nor lose its strength either on
board ship or in damp climates, and is
the most highly concentrated and eff
Gent of leavening agents. Hence it is
indispensable to every Alaskan outfit.
1t can be had OF any of the trading
companies in Alaska, but should the
miner procure his supplies before leav-
ing, he should resist every attempt of
the outfitter to palm off upon him any
of the other brands of baking pow
der, for they will spoil and prove the
cause OF great disappointment and
trouble.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

An excellent illustration Of Shake
sp~eare's ~oft-quoted good in every
thing Is afforded by the disposition of
the revenue derived by the French gov-
eminent from the tax on betting at
horse-races. The proceeds of the tax
last year exceeded seven and a half
million francs, or more than a million
and a half dollars. Among the good
objects 10 which this money was APP
%propriated were: Paris charities,
seventy-five thousand dollars; provin-
cial hospitals. three hundred thousand
dollars: institutions making researches
into methods of curing or preventing
consumption. twenty-five thousand dol
lars; and sixteen thousand dollars for
The erection of a hall for charity meet
ings in Constantinople. 1t is q pity
that betting cannot be taxed u of
existence; since that is not possible,
the next best thing Is to make the
gamblers pay for good objects as far
as the money that can be squeezed out
Of them will go.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
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MS ATTENTIVE AUDIrycr
Two Views of the Lecture Der,.
by a Novelist In a New ref'
Town. oefss

Two Views of the Lecture DeI,,..
by a Novelist I'm a New J.sfet
Town. oefsel
A well known novelist delivaroa
lecture recently in a New Jersey ~
not far from this city, in which 6e ~.
selections from his own works ~
reputation and the society thar u
gagged him brought together an .as
ence composed of the best people ~ NJ
neighborhood. After the lecture wh.1
peoplemet, ii was the proper thiry n
n to ask the other: 3
Were you at the lecture ?'n and II
answer In every case was: 4
"Oh, yes; l was there, but / could,l
hear a word. Did you hear the lo]
ure?"
well, no; I was there, but | cOoldrl
hear. either"
A friend who met the novelist, A "a,
days after his visit to the suburhs]
town, asked him what kind of an aua|
ence he had, and how he liked N
town.
Its a fine place." was the reons
land / had the most attentive ami
ence that / have ever spoken TO. N
one made q sound, and | didn't have \
raise my voice above a whisper. "-Nes
York Sun.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
FADS IN w

Florists shops abroad are much diff
ferent from the mes in this
country. In London, for ex-
ample, funeral f-eaths and en-
blens are displayed in the windows,
with their prices attached. Some are
attractive, others very nideous. Lichen
Is fashionable there for crosses and
wreaths, and from this grisly-gray
background Gala lilies and white roses
peer.
Set pieces, the gates ajar." broken
columns and floral pillows, are always
painful, for, in the first place, the nat
ural grace and beauty OF the flowers Is
destroyed, and in the next there is no
excuse for the emblems. Flowers for
the dead should be scattered in care
less handfuls-then only are they COM
~forters. with their graceful beauty un-
impaired. The modern custom of add
ing TO a death notice the words,
Friends will please omit flowers, may
be traced to the reluctance Of the sur
vivors to be confronted with those
CHASTITY set pieces which have ragged SO
long.
The best artists have always recog-
nized that flowers should be allowed to
arrange themselves. Basketfuls, arm
fuls or great lunches of loose flowers
are j~ustiiable. but crushing their beau
ty into any systematized outline is I'M
f~orgivable. Florists abroad have q
frightful habit OF making up" bouton-
niers for mems coats. and these punches
Of three or four violets a spray Of fern
and a branch Of forget-me-nots are
seen on the lapels OF the men who do
not appreciate true fitness. A single
gardenia trberose or a knot Of mig
nonette Is better than one of these hor.
rible mixtures.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

A Boston lady says, giving advice
to her too-retiring sisters. "A shrink
ing self-effacement car in time be
overcome by throwing out the chest
and carrying the head high in a regal
attitude OF self-conidence." Yet 1t is
buncombe. 1t is fraud. A regal at
titude OF self-confdence is utterly i'm
possible to a shrinking self-efface-
menf. The trouble is that somebody
always comes up to 1t and remarks
"Boo!' in a rude manner. and imme-
diately the regal attitude closes itself
against the world like a sensitive
plant. No, dear lady; you can't make
marble out of cream.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

The wal "reminiscences of the late
Charles A. Dana. now in course OF
publication in one Of the magazines,
establish a fact that every person to
whom profanity lis an offense will be
ga to hear. Mr.. Dana saw much of
General Grant during the most per-
picking period of the civil war. and he
asserts that he never heard the great
Union leader utter a profane word. Mr..
Dana himself was for many years a
tireless worker In a field In which pro-
family Is common. Every mar who
enjoyed the privilege OF working near
him will testify that in the midst Of
the exciting requirements of his duties
Mr.. Dana was guiltless Of the sin and
vulgarity Of profanity.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

There are numerous harmless
spells" which are regular o~bservances
in the lives Of the average southern
negroes. Besides the root chewing, the
track lifting, ETC.. they have a love
philter Of frogs legs cooked In still
water, and the ashes OF a bat are pow
erful enough to keep away a rival or
an enemy. To make a dog stay at home
they cut of the Tip Of his tail and
hn.y 1t under the doorstep. To make
a wife obedient they draw her pictur"
and hide 1t in the shingles. Thus.
waking or sleeping, there is a constant
forcing or counteracting Of destiny.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

The shooting OF Ruiz, peace COM
missioner from Blanco to Aranguren'
at first glance looks like the assassina-
ton of a bearer of the white nag, u
the commissioner who has Instructions
to bride is meaner than any spy. n
knows, as Ruiz said Of himself, that
he is going to his own death. Tnere
was great villairy in Weyler as gov
ernor-general; but his admiration OF
duplicity may oblige him to cali ms
successor his lord and master.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

bad spelling" says a scientist, rs
a disease" 1t may be an inheritance
also. 1t is not, however, necessarily
evidence OF ignorance. There are peo-
pie without an ear for music. and there
are those who have no ear for spelling.
They may be thoroughly educated In
other respects, and never be able TO
learn to spell correctly off-hand except
as to words in constant use, and they
may even have to relearn them every
day. Let us remember that in many
cases they are the victims not OF ig-
norance but Of an infirmity.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
Patents sue

List of patents issued last week
Northwestern inventors:
Robert w. Coombs, McCanna, N. .
grain harvester; William j. Holmar
Minneapolis, Mimi, locomotive spec
ing truck; INLAND A. Knapp, MINI
apolis, Mimi, teeth regulator; Geor
III. Lewis, Minneapolis, MINI. sprl
motor; August Nygren, Elizabet
Mimi, magazine pistol; Hiram !
Rhodes, Duluth, Mimi, tire yaly.
John Rosendahi, Delhi, Mimi. con
bined wrench and nippers; ClareDt
o. White. Minneapolis, Mimi, M
chine for sizing barrel hoops and q
curing ends thereof.
Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson, Patsr
Attorneys, $40, OH and 912, Phone
Press Building, st. Paul. MINI.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

and epidermis, the latter apparently
being made up OF cells. The cults has
large cavities among the nerves. which
are commonly filled with pigment and
are very sensitive. contrasting and ex-
banding in a remarkable way. The
pigment ceiis ere called chromato-
phores and vary In color in different
animals and in the parts OF each ami
nal, and may be red. brown. green,
yellow. black, or various shades. The
color OF the chromatophores appears TO
change during contraction or expan-
sion and constitutes a most compli-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

A daughter OF Sorosis advises as a
relief from mental strain the reading
OF Mr.. Howells. while another daugn-
ter suggests football. Still nother
daughter shrieks Seek equilibriums!
whatever that may be. Thus the ef-
fort of this heavenly body to relieve
mental strain has brought about a
state of chaos that is more melancnoiy
than the original trouble and promises
large additions to the asylums.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

Twelve thousand women stenograph-
ers and typewriters are at present en-
ployed in Chicago, which force will be
augmented before spring by at least
q thousand graduates from commercial
colleges and neighboring localities. The
outlook does not seem to beckon; yet
while 1--WE dollars a week is a frequent
salary, many positions OF from sixty
30 seventy iye dollars a month go beg
cling for want OF competent women TO
MI them. One rule holds for all places
and all professions; to do fairly well
Is 70 struggle with the crowd, but for
tsr who exeels there is always room.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

turned out the following: TEMPER
ance Is more better than whisky
WHISKY Is ten cents a drink. and lots
OF u. MY pa drinks whisky. He has
oeen full lib times. One night he
came nome late and ma went ea., and
cut some hicker.cs and waiioped MIN
COCO. Then she ducked his head In 4
.uo OF soapsuds and locked him nm
IN tne barn. And the next morning
my pa said he reckon he'd swear OF.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
One Refter.

81 have n doctors certificate b.
that ! cannot sing tonight" said
prima donna.
What" reared the manager; T
give You a certificate that you neV
could sing"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

Let us add to the suggestion OF
Judge Northrup of Syracuse, that con-
victs be obliged to wear no distinctive
garb, the provision that they shall ~
pear only in dress suits in the even
ing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
Terrors.

Warm weather this time o ys
makes me nervous"
WHY
"Well. If il don't let up in a few Gag
my mother-in-law will 60 TO dosing 7
family with her homemade spring D
ters."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

Partisan BARRIERS are legally compels
TO wash their hands after attending
customer before waiting on another ihq
must also use only nickel-plated COMBS
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

For lung and chest diseases, Pises WI
Is the best medicine we have used,-Aa
J. l.. Northcott, Windsor, Ont, Canaa)
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
Why Pa Suora OF.

A little school girl in the rural dis
tricts OF Georgia was told to write a
composition ON Temperance" She
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
Smoke sledge Cigarettes, 20 for 5cs

A man In Chestertown, Md, has a y
of golden fawn rabbits, with ears "
measure twenty-one inches from tip
tip.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

The egg of the Mexican humming ~
is about the size of the head of a pin
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

A wealthy gentleman in ondon rs u~]
whirled around the streets OF the ~
trcpolls in a carriage drawn py II
Zebras.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

Tcacher-Now, children, what did
Master turn the water into?
Dairyman's Son-The milk. sir.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

Iron smelling is TO be experimental
upon In the western highlands Of ire
land.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

its enough to make the pot boil
when the kettle calls 1t black.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

To Cure Constipation ForeVer
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic' Il
or Csc. II c.. C. c. fail to cure drussp1
refund money.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-25
THE SUFFERING SEVENTH

It is about time to introduce some
such drastic treatment as that used by
Roosevelt at Santiago, II the boys Of
the Seventh regiment are to have even
a decent show for their lives. Typhoid
fever is making rapid Roadway among
them, and a surgeon states that forty
volunteers in company H alone, are in
for drill. This condition is
by the surgeon, to the fact
that "the grounds are land filled in over
an old Chinese cemetery and garbage
dumps" 1t seems that. in attempts to
improve matters in the sinks, the re-
verse has occurred, because, while men
were at work, they uncovered more
filth"
This outrage upon the Seventh Is in
tolerable. Month after month the vol
unteers have patiently waited for the
fulhllment OF promises to be sent to
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-25
A MILLION PENSIONERS

The annual report of the commissioner
of pensions, now in course Of prepara-
ton, gives the surprising information
that the government is supporting over
one million pensioners. More than a
generation, thirty-three years, has
yet there are now more pensioners than
ever before. There are twice as many as
there were ten years ago. In 1890 the
number had gradually increased to the
half million mark. and from there it has
so rapidly advanced as to add another
half million in eight years.
The amazing statement is made now
that more than sixty-three thousand
original claims were granted during the
past year. And the total annual pay
ment will probably approximate one
hundred and fifty million dollars now,
an increase of nearly one-third in eight
years.
1t seems impossible that such figures
can be compatible with an honest ad-
ministration of the pension department.
Lax management Of the bureau must
be largely responsible for the vast and
alarming enlargement of the pension
rolls. There is no apparent solution to
the mystery, except on the ground that
the government is being outrageously
swindled by pension agents and lobby
lists
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-25
ANGELES HERALD THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST Is 1898

ceived by this empty form and cere-
even the delegates them
selves.
There is very little kicking against the
inevitable, and the harmony Is OF the
frank and good-humored order. and not
sullen and forced. Possibly a contest
all along the line would serve to bring
out more enthusiasm, but there is u
quiet, determined confidence among
these men that Is good for any amount
of hard work in the campaign.
It was the same kind Of frank and
good humored harmony (not sullen and
forced) which pervaded the preceding
state convention, when Boss Burns Sc
cured the nomination of his man Estee
And how the rank and file of the party
did get out and work for the ticket!
And how Estee was elected-to stay al
home. Such good-humored harmony as
this is deadly. 1t is Harmony with a
big H, spelled out by the bosses, but
somehow the unlettered masses fail to
comprehend 1t.
Very little kicking against the "in-
evitable"! Certainly not. Sacramento
is not the place for 1t, and the dummy
delegates are not the men to do it. But
wait until this affair gets to the Re.
publican voters, and there is POSSIBLE
ity that they may not accept the "in-
evitable" so gracefully. The calm Of
Boss Burns convention certainly pre-
sages a storm hereafter.