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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-06
PROPOSED
To the Constitution of the State OF
South Dakota.


To the people OF the State OF South Da-
kota:
The Fifth Legislature OF the said State
of South Dakota. at the session Thereon
begun and held at Pierre, the capital, on
January 5, 1897, and concluded OF
March 5, 1897, proposed the following
amendment to the constitution oil the
state. viz:
A Joint Resolution Proposing and
Agreeing to an Amendment to Section l
of Article z of the Constitution oil the
State of South Dakota and Submitting
the same to a Vote OF the Electors.
Be it Resolved by the Senate OF the Leg
lsiature of the State OF South Dakota,
tho House Of Representatives Concur
ring Therein:
al. Question Submitted.] That at
the next general election in this state,
to the held on the frat Tuesday after
the FIRST Monday in November, 1898,
the following proposed amendment to
the constitution of this state, which is
hereby agreed to, shall be submitted to
the electors OF this state for their APP
prevail: That Section 1 OF Article z OF
the constitution be amended so as TO
read as follows: "Section |. Every per-
son, resident of this state, who shall be
of the age of 81 years and upwards, not
otherwise disqualified, belonging to either
the following classes, who shall have
been a qualified elector under the laws
Of the territory OF Dakota at the date OF
the ratification of this constitution by
the people, or who shall have resided in
the United States one year, in this state
six months, in the country thirty days,
and in the election precinct where such
person offers to vote ten days next pre-
ceding any election, shall be deemed q
qualified voter at such election: First.
Citizens OF the United States. Second.
Persons OF foreign birth who shall have
declared their intention to become citi-
zens conformable to the laws OF the
United States upon the subject OF natu-
r~alization."
The above proposed amendment will
be voted upon by the people at the
general election to be held in the state
on Tuesday the 9Th day of November,
A. ID. 1898.
The proposed amendment will Reprint
ed upon each ballot, followed by the
words. 'Shall the above amendment to
the constitution in relation to Women's
Suffrage be approved and ratiied?"
Immediately to the LETT of which shall
be printed the words Yes and "No,"
each preceded by a square in which the
eleetor can place o cross to Indicate his
vote. Electors desiring to vote Yes"
will place a cross before the word Eyes"
and those desiring to vote mo" will
place a cross before the word "No."
Dated at Pierre, the capital OF South
Dakota, this 1st 4ay OF August, 1898.
WILLIAM H. RODDLE,
51w12 Secretary OF State.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-06
Notice For Publication.
III GnAA % c.

Ist pub sept. Zg-6w
Land Office at Watertown. s. D., Sept. q, 1898.
Notice is hereby given that the following.
D named settler has filed notice of his intention
TO make timber culture final proof in sup
port of his claim and that said proof will be
made before the judge or in his absence the
clerk of the county court, Day county. S, D.,
at Webster, s. ID. on Nov. 9Th 1898, viz:
SAM p. PETERSON, TIC. Entry No. 1855.
for the nhneA, seAneA and lot 2 Sec. Is, Twp.
121, Rye. So.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF
said land, VIZ Benjamin ID. Fish, l.. A.
Crane, Mike Teske and John Melenk all of
Webster. S. ID.
III. A. Babcock, Register.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-06
SUMMONS,

SUMMONS,
LIST pub Sept. s-7w.
State of South Dakots,l
County of Day. In Circuit Cour.
Milo Benjamin and e. r. Foster. eo-ns r,nar.
as BENJAMIN 4 Foster, Plaintiffs.
Richard Barry, Defendant.
The State OF South Dakota sends e-rseti,. ,
the above named Defendant. :"
You are hereby summoned and reoujrad 70
answer the complaint of the above named
plaintiffs. a copy OF which IL hereby serves
upon you, and TO serve a copy Of your answar
upon sears q Mccoy the subscribers, at THAR
ehies In the City OF Webster. in the countv ~
Day, and State OF South Dakota, within tbirt,
Gays after the service OF this e.cln.
sive OF the day OF service. and il You fsiI 70
answer SAID complaint within the time sfore.
said; the plsintifis will take judgments asainst
you Tor seventy-six dollars, with interest at
Per cent per annum from August 10th, 1903
besides the costs OF this action.
Dated az City or Webster. Day Coulty, South
oakSIa' TINS lotn day OF August, 1928.
SEARS a McCor.
Attorneys for PlaintiRs.
Webster. Day County, South Dskot..
And you. Richard Barry, defendant sho,.
named. are hereby notified that the comnIs;r
IA the above entitled action was ON Ella if.h
day Of august, 1898, duly filed in tho ofHcaS
the clerk OF the Circuit Court at Wsbstar ~
the County OF Day, and State OF south DsLn,.
SEARS & McCoY,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
Written fOr The Prison Mirror.
INDUSTRY AND ENERGY
Without These You May Exist but You
Will not be Successful

In the beginning of his career, a
young man who seeks for advance
ment and Opulence in this world, and
who is struggling to elevate himself to
wealth and social eminence, must ex-
ercise patience, industry, self-denial
and economy; and by his own intelli.
gent, persevering diligence he will
succeed. He must also be frugal in
the use of money, and deny himself
many pleasures of social life. He
must limit his expenses to range below
his income no matter how low his
salary may be. A man who is living
beyond his real ability is noted and
censured as suspicious character.
Many young mans prospects have
been ruined by lack of prudence.
Those who seek to maintain appear
ances beyond their means usually do
so at heavy sacrifice. 1t not only
costs money, but character. This is a
lesson which cannot be too often re.
peated nor too forcibly illustrated, and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13

If 1T be correct that industry, energy
and self-denial form the path to true
success, to prosperity, then it is les
son which we all should take, for many
a man who is striving to maintain an
honest life realizes that ready money
in hand is staff and a helper-a
friend that will stand by him when
other friendships fail.
Therefore, man who is seeking for
any advantage to be helper to him.
self, must be active and energetic in
whatever diligence he applies. He
should use his ability and capacity in
the right direction, not only to be an
advantage to himself, but also to his
fellow citizens, and in order to become
a worthy and true citizen, he is com
PEELED to labor with fidelity and dill.
gence continuously, for the working
people are the foundation of a coun.
try's morality; and work is the best
safeguard of the soul.
The dangerous classes of any nation
are the idle classes, whether rich or
poor. And no man can ever expect
prosperity through ldleness. Success
in any calling results from industry
and self denial. LII.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
TFRMs.J Slope year, in advance
Six Months so cents.

ment results, the United States labor
commissioner should be empowered by
Congress to act as arbitrator. Labor
has been striving to stand independent
of capital, forming all kinds of unions
for strike purposes, and the past status
of the workingman toward corpora
tions has been one ceaseless struggle
to dictate terms by boycott and strike
methods. If we ever approach the de-
sired end, the mutual betterment of
the wage Garner and the employer, it
must come through the federation of
all labor and arbitration by each. In
union and solidarity of the whole peo-
pie combined with the true spirit of
the brotherhood of man and the father
hood of God shall labor be dignified as
it deserves. J.F.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
Written for The Prison Mirror
THE SOCIAL PROBLEM
Mutual Confidence and United Efforts
of the Glasses is the Panacea for
Worldly Differences.

The home is as the individual men,
bers make it. Each must put forth
the best efforts at all times and under
all circumstances. All should be SUBJ
ordinate to the will of the parents:
Harmony in all families will event
ually elevate the social spirit of the
whole community. Mutual societies
for the betterment of all can accom-
plish much, if selfshness and Unequal
ity of position are banished. Sociology,
if put into practice as meant in theory
will better the condition of the whole
mass of people.
The social spirit in America today
has been signified in many ways; for
instance, when fire, cyclone or other
disasters come upon the people, how
readily the whole respond, not alone
by words of sympathy but in fnan-
cial manner peculiar to the American
people. Home influence does much to
form the moral status of nation. We
find in our great men who have made
history that they were intense in their
love of home and country.
All movements to aid the wage
earning classes are fully in the spirit
of the times. Capitalists have found
it paying movement to provide bet
ter accommodations for employees and
in return the workman feels that some
one has taken an interest in him and
the result is better service and hopes
for better pay. Then, by industry and
frugality, the wage Garner aspires to
build home for himself, the owner
ship of which means more to him than
palace to king.
Corporations are ever Watchful of
the movements of the laboring classes
and capitalists ore uneasy lest the
whole mass of wage-earners consoli
date for united action. We have in
America intelligent men in the field of
labor but until federation of all labor
unions with one standard constitution
for all, demands upon employers will
be useless. Cooperation is essentially
a mutual agreement between the cap
italist and the federation which will
ensure prosperity to both. Strikes are
useless as the past has fully shown.
When federation has been accom-
plished, arbitration shall settle all mat
ters pertaining to the rate of wages.
Each branch of labor in the new order
must make the grievance known to
the leader of his trade or calling, and
a committee of three intelligent men
present the same in person to the en-
ployer. Then, if no satisfactory agree
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13

ter, perhaps, at least in our own opin-
ion, than our criminal neighbor. Such
state of society is not only false and
perniciOus but criminal 1t is founded
in selfshness and feeds on mental cow
ardice. We fear to do that which we
know to be right: we fear the finger of
scOrn and derisiOn. 1t is not so much
that we have not charity in our hearts,
but we are afraid to permit ourselves
to give it expression in such cases. L,
of course, thus speak of the masses
and not of the many grand, noble
souls, both men and women in our own
and other lands who are ever ready to
extend the helping hand wherever and
whenever opportunity presents; nor
would be too severe on the masses,
who are, most of them, not so bad at
heart, when we'll tested, but are prone
to act or speak without thought as to
the effect of their words and acts on
the lives of others, unmindful that
MANY a word at random spoken.
May wound or heal heart that's broken
The term Prison may be properly
held as covering, outside of it's ordi-
nary signitication, any condition that
binds mankind from the perfect
freedom guaranteed him through ma
lures laws. Whether it be physical or
mental defOrmity, or any warped or
fettered condition of mind, or habits of
intemperance, or immortality of any
character, that enslaves our better ma
lures, rendering us wholly or partially
unsuitable companions for our fellow
men. Envy, hatred, malice, unchari-
tableness, jealousy, hypocrisy and
greed (all different aspects of selfish
ness) false and perverted code of
ethics under which merit is disregarded
and vice and demerit upheld-all these
are but moral, mental and social
prison houses, created and occupied by
ourselves; the very existence and use
of which brings into being, the neces-
sity for our building physical and ma
terial prisons, in which to incarcerate
the physical man. Many are impris-
oned in these mental prisons from
childhood to old age, and die within
the walls; others succeed in making
their escape or obtaining parole, only
to permit the physical man to conquer
again, and they fall back into bondage
seeming to prefer bondage and punish
ment to freedom and reward. Still
others succeed in finally freeing them.
selves fully, by the assistance of
friends, their own efforts and by medi.
cal treatment, as in the case of the
gold cure. Now the prisoner within
walls of masonry should be permitted
to work himself out under the same
general system, but always standing on
his merits.
(To be completed in next issue.)
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
CRIME AND CRIMINALS
Extracts From very Complete Paper
Read before Prominent Societies
in the Twin Cities.
A LUCID STUDY OF A VITAL PROB
LEM IN SOCIAL ECONOMICS.
BY GEO. NJ. BENNETT. MINNEAPOLIs.l

One of the most important and at
the same time unpleasant subjects the
human family have to deal with is
prisons and prisoners.
Beginning with the early history of
man on this planet it has seemingly
been necessary to build prisons and
that considerable number of our fel-
low men be held in detention therein
to protect society, to prevent the com.
mission of other crimes and to reform
the criminal. Crime is an offense
against the peace and dignity of the
state and not against the person who
may be the greatest actual sufferer on
account of it and who has no more
right to insist upon punishment as a
means of personal vengeance than any
other citizen. The state only may act,
and it neither loves nor hates: it can
only deal in absolute justice, tempered
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
SERMON BY A TRAMP.
Fashionable Spendthrifts Given a Start
ling Object Lesson.

Probably no more eloquent or dra-
matte sermon on the sin Of drunken
ness was ever delivered than that to
which a small gathering of drinking
men listened in New Orleans bar
room recently The drinkers-a group
of we'll dressed young men with plenty
of money-were standing at the bar,
when a poor miserable specimen of a
tramp pushed open the swinging doors
and, with bleared eyes, looked at them
appealingly. They ordered a drink
for him, paid for it and then bolster
ously demanded that he make speech.
After swallowing the liquor the tramp
gazed at them for an instant, and then
with dignity and elOquence that
showed how far he had fallen in the
social scale, he began to speak: "Gen-
tlemen,'' he said, 81 look tonight at you
aud at myself, and it seems to me that
l look upon the picture of my lost
manhood. This bloated face was once
as young and handsome as yours.
This shambling figure once walked as
proudly as yours, a man in world of
men. l, too. once had a home, and
friends, and position. l had wife as
beautiful as an artists dream, and 1
dropped the priceless pearl of her
honor and respect in the wine-cup, and
Cleopatra like, saw it dissolve, and
quaffed it down in the brimming
draught. had children as sweet and
lovely as the flowers of the spring, and
l saw them fade and die under the
blighting curse of drunkard father.
l had a home where love lit the flame
upon the altar and ministered before
it, and 1 put out the holy fire, and
darkness and desolation reigned in it's
stead. l had aspirations and ambi-
tiOns that scared as high as the morn
ing star, and broke and bruised their
beautiful wings, and, at last, strangled
them that might be tortured by their
cries no more. Today am husband
without a wife, father without a
child, tramp with no home to call his
own, a man in whom every good i'm
pulse is dead. All, all swallowed up
in the maelstrom of drink"
The tramp ceased speaking. The
glass fell from his nerveless fingers and
shivered into thousand fragments on
the floor. The swinging doors pushed
open and swung to again, and when
the little group about the bar looked
up the tramp was gone. He had gone
out into the dark December night, to
wander no doubt till dawn, but he,
outcast though he was,:.had made an
impression. They felt that they had
received lesson which they would re-
member while they lived, eand when
they left the bar-room: the words of
the poor wanderer still: sounded in
their ears like a note of warning.-New
Orleans Picayune.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
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SNSZz@99z&@S~ f.
Written fOr The Prison Mirror
The Church Bells.

he Church Bells.
Softly through the grated window
On the sabbath morning fair,
Sounds the church bells mingled ringing.
Borne upon the balmy air.
Still hear them as the winter
Sheds around its robe of white;
AS the seasons are returning.
AS the day ends in the night.
Oh! the mem'ries they awaken
AS again hear them ring
In the early sabbath morning,
Through the scented air of spring.
Once again leave the portal
OF that home ne'er may see:
Churchward trend the cheerful footsteps
Father. mother, children. we.
Once again with them enter
Through the church's open door
Hear the organs swelling anthem,
Tread the velvet covered floor.
See the pastor, old and feeble,
Raise his hand in gentle prayer
Read the text. and hear the sermon
Telling ''sinners to beware"
Once again hear them ringing
All! what memories they bring:
EARLY childhood, youth and manhood
Ere life yet had shown its sting.
And 1 heard them as wandered
Far from home and friends, to view
Foreign lands and homeless cities;
Life in its most golden hue.
Family heard them as l Fortunes
Crowded steps had tried to climb
While I cast the robe of honor
In the sOdden mire and slime.
While l tasted sin and pleasure,
Quaff'd ambitions tonic wine:
Lived and loved. little later
''Fell from grace" the prison mine
Then heard them in the morning
Of life's budding promise new:
In the morn and in the cleaning.
Tinged with sunsets rosy hue
Now hear them and their music
Borne upon the sabbath fair
Comes. DER walls of broken granite
To misfOrtune's grated lair.
Yet hear those church bells ringing
Through the sabbath morning clear
And each swelling tone now brings me
Promise of life more dear.
Promise of better future
Life more pure and wife so true
Waiting just beyond the portals
LiSt'ning to the church bells. too.
LEONARD.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13

Despair is thej thought of the un-
attainableness of any good.--It works
differently in mems minds, sometimes
producing uneasiness Tor pain; some
times rest and ndolency.-Locke.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-05-06
American Institute Of Instruction.

Already elaborate preparations have
been made for the 6sth annual meeting of
the Amrriean Institute OF Instruction,
which this year Is to lie held at North
Conway, y. H., July 9th to sth.
The bulletin winch " III bc issued about
the middlr Of May Will be complete IA the
elaboration of arrangements and details.
From present indications a very rrmark-
able array Of renow ned educatiUnallead
rrs will be present, and addresses upon
the educational conditions ofthe various
New England States will be made by the
following Hamed gentlemen who are SUI
periors oi Instruction IN their respective
States: {. II. Hue of Connecticut; W.
~. Stetson Of Maine; +. A. Hall OF
Massachusetts; ]. b. Rockwellot Rhode
Island: NJ. 5. Stone of Vermont and +.
Going. late OF New Hampshire.
That widely and favorably known lib
cral educator, DIR. G. Stanley Hall, has
signi6ed his intention of being present
aud will address the teachers on timely
subjects. DIR. Hodge of Clark University
will speak upon Nature Study, and the
topics selected by DR.. II. S. Tarbell, Sd
perintendent of Schools in Providence, X.
l.. aud the Rev. A. E. Winship will be OF
interest to everyone interested i'll educa-
tional work.
1t is needless to speak of the entertain
ment programme which has been provided
for North Conway, and in fact the en-
tire White Mountain region offers an
ever ending source of instructive recr,-
alton.
The Boston & Maine Railroad will, as
usual, make every inducement as to rates,
routes and accommodations that is pos
sible for the Institute Members who are
recognizing the important results which
this annual gathering promotes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-05-06

Upon a memorable occasion,
just before going into heavy &C.
ton, Nelson signalled to his
fleet the significant words: ENG
land expects every man to do his
duty" In that case every man
did do his duty, and the result
was a glorious victory. In our
present difficulty with Spain this
nation ought to profit by Mel
sons admonition. Every man is
expected to do his duty. THERE'S
no danger but what the men in
active service upholding the arms
of the nation will do their full
duty, but we should remember
that great duties devOlve upon
those who are not at the front.
Every man owes a duty to his
country in retaining from unjust
or ignorant criticism, in uphold
ing in every way possible the
good name of the country, and
doing nothing to impair the COM
mercial and business standing of
the country. Let us present an
unbroken national front to all
who assail us. Let every man in
business remember that the best
way for those who have to stay
at home to help is to continue
carefully and actively in all legit-
innate business operation. There
is no reason why the country
should in a business way know
anything about a war going on,
even if it lasts for years, as it
may. Keep things moving, and
don't forget that those who stay
at home have important parts to
perform. ,' ~
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-05-06
Boston & Maine r. R.
Time Table.

Trains cave Newport
For st. Johnsbury at 2.1O and 100 a. m.,
Los and 1910 p. m. Return at 2 2O--3.l5
a. m. 3.13-427 and Isl p. m.
For Wells River at 12.10--7.OO a. ln., ]. O5
and 10. 40 p. m. Return at 1.35-2.25 a. m.
2.3H-3 80 and 1.O5 p. m
For White River Jet at 700 a. m, and TO-.
40 p. m. Return, 1855 a.. M, 1 .45--4. 2 % p. m.
For Plymouth at ~ 1o--7 90 a. M, .O5
p. m. Return at 12.55-5.15 and 11.51 p. m
For Concord at 12.1O-7 90, n. m. 1. OSLO
40 p. m. Return at L .15--11 20 a. m. So
3.109. 55-1O.1O p. m.
For Manchester, N H., at 12.1O--7 GOA m.
.051 o. 40 p. m. Return at 10 80 a. m. /. 90
2.34-e. 10 and 9. IS p. tn.
For Lowell at IL. 1n7.oo a. m, Oslo
40 p. M. Return at $40 a. m. 1901 40
S.13-S.4O p. m.
For Springfield. Mass. ut 700 a. m. and
1910 p. m. Return at 9.15 a. m, 1915 and
500 p. m.
For Nashua Jet. at 1907 a. M. 1 O5 and
05-S.3S and 9.O6 p. IN.
For Boston at 12.1O-7 a. m. 1.o5-1o. 40 D.
m. Return at ell 80 a. M, 1t. 3O-S .OOp. m.
Trains leave Groveton for
Lancaster at 40 a. m, 12.oO-6 so p. m
Return at 6.15-11.37 a. m. and 5.35 D. M
Littieton at 40 a. m. 12.2O-6.50 p. m.
Return at 1914 a.. M. and 4:31 p. m.
Wells River at 7:10 a. m. 12:2O-6:5O p, m.
Return at 9:55 a. m, $50 p. m.
Plymouth at 7:1o a. m. 12:2O-6:5O p. m.
Return at sos a. m, 1;45 p. m.
Concord at 7:10 a. M, 12:2O-6:5O D. m
Return at and 1870 a. m.
Manchester at 7:1O a. m. 12:2O-6:5O p. m.
Return at $40 and 1899 d. m.
Nashua Jet. at ITO a. M 12:2O-6;5O o. NJ
Return Mt 1905 a. m.
Springfield at 7:1O a. IN ESQ D. m. Return
at Il a. IN.
Boston at ITO a. m. ~ 2o-6:5O p. m Re.
turn at 900 a. M.
DANA ]. FLANDERS,
Gen. Pass. & Ticket ACT.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-05-06
North StratfOrd. n. III.

Messrs. G. X. Magoon, J.. c. Hutchins
and John c. Pattee have returned from a
very pleasant trip to Niagara Falls
Pittsburg, Washington and New York.
Harvey Hinman, now OF the Colebrook
Savings Bank has entered his name as a
volunteer in the United States Army.
Arbor Day was observed by the Grange.
The committee met at O'Clock and set
out several trees around the Baptist
Church and parsonage.
There has been no services in t he Churcl,
OF the Sacred Heart for several Sundays,
owing to the many missions outside.