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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-23
ELASTIC
Original Way In which an Nj. c
Pleases His Constituents.

His Constituents.
A noted M. c., Familiarity known as
Joe, is Of the thriftiest men in con
gress, and the patronage at his disposal
is made to do effective work in his
home district. Not long ago he re-
quested Of a certain chief In the inte-
rior department an appointment as La.
borer for of his constituents The
request was promptly complied with,
but, much to the surprise of the chief,
as promptly declined. The member was
sem for.
What does this mean?" demanded
the official. The man you were so
urgent to have named as a laborer de.
ciines the position"
"Yes, ! know" replied the NJ. G. 81
advised him to-"
You advised him to-" echoed the
chief. What was the matter? CAV
you exactly what you asked for.
didn't IY'
YES" responded Joe. II have no
fault to find with the appointment.
The a S is like this: My constituents
follow me down to Washington hoping
to get soft berths in the government
service. There are a dozen here
now and not places enough to go
around. | secure the appointment for
one. he asks my advice. and | tell him
to decline; his job at home Is better,
so he goes back satisfied. / appoint
another. He declines Mt my advice,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-23

Old German wash List..

The old German housewife had a
strange way of keeping track of the
clothes she gave out to be washed. II
was nothing less than a pictorial and
perpetual wash list. There was no
possibility of making such an error as
to mistake the abbreviation Sh. for
shirts or st. for stockings. She had
pictures of each article and simply
wrote down the number Of each thing
opposite its picture with a piece of
chalk. which was erased when the
thing was returned and used again on
the following week.-Cleveland Leader.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-23
Long Since Obsolete.

The supplement of 10000 so-called ..new
words" which some of these books are adyer-
Used 70 contain, was compiled by a gentle
man who died over forty years ago, and was
punllshed before his death. Other minor
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-23

Bristol Bourier.
e. A. Harthouse was . Webster vi sitor
Saturday.
N. j. Serum and s. s. Yeager were
over from Webster Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Evans were the
recipients of a baby boy Saturday last.
Wilbur BOWS family have arrived
from Webster and moved into the up
stairs room over Knots store.
Ernest Herr has a grove that anyo ne
might be proud of, and in that grove is
an apple tree which this year yields fully
three bushels of delicious fruit. Well,
apples may be raised right here in South
Dakota.
7. w. McAllen of Pine City and G. Il !.
McAllen and family Of Chokio, Mimi. !,
arrived in town Sunday morning for q
visit at Thos. McAllen's. p. w. departed
for his Minnesota home Monday evening.
He is of course of the same gigantic
stature and the same sunny dispos ition
as in days Of yore. G. L. McAllen has
been buying wheat in Chokio until re-
Gently. His family will visit here for a
couple OF weeks.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-23
AN EXCITING LIFE.
Why the Chicago Girls Brown Hair
Turned Golden Hued.

ny kAG SMAEh&O Wife bEo"n
Turned Golden Hued.
"Gosh, Marier, but that wuz a close
shave" exclaimed Uncle Eben as he
dragged his worthy spouse out of the
way of a street car that was yet 20 feet
away. 'This yer Chicago life is 'nough
to make a mans h'ar turn gray"
Turn gray!" snarled his wife.
"'Twouldn't be so bad eff tibet wuz all
it done. It's decent and respectable to
have gray ha'r, but when 1t to
maxim a poor young gals ha'r turn
yaller jist on account of the excitement
Nv all these cars an railroads ON stills
an howlin people then's when l say it's
a sin to hev SIGH big cities. I'm a-goin
right out to Liza James house, eff / kin
yer find it, an stay right In 1t till we
leave Chicago"
How do you know 1t makes peoples
ha'r turn yaller?' asked Uncle Eben.
II amt never hearn tell of ennything
of that kind"
well, ! see 1t with my own eyes
leastwise ! see it turn brown agin after
the poor dears wuz rested all summer
in the country. You know them four
gals what staid ali summer over at
Cousin Ellen's? When they fust come,
they'd big brown eyes an far complex
Ions an right yaller ha'r. Purity soon
every one of ems ha'r begin to get
streaked in spots, an before the sum-
mer wuz gone they all had rich brown
ha'r. Then asst one Of 'em what made
their ha'r turn brown, an she said II
wuz alias brown, but that the excitin
life she'd been Twin in Chicago, whar
h had to act in a theater every night,
made it turn yaller. Poor thing! She
looked so much better at the end OF the
summer that | hate TO think of her
comm back TO this great, wicked CITY,"
Chicago Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-23

Andover Gazette.
4. w. Small Webster's Mayor, was in
town last Saturday.
DIR. ID. Il. Sullivan, OF Frankfort. i the
Republican candidate for coroner OF
Sphinx county.
Mrs. Henry Begun and three children
arrived here from Minneapolis last Fri
day morning and are the guests oil 4.
Gnimont and wife. Mrs. BIZ a daughter
of the latter.
Il is said that lightning never strikes
twice in n place" but it has been dig
ging up the earth about the farm resi-.
dence OF the Oxten family for some time.
and last Sunday morning, getting more
yenturesome it entered the building
without knocking. IL first struck the
chimney, passed down through the ROOF.
went north and south upstairs breaking
out eight window lights and reducing a
door and casing to kindling wood. On
the first floor a dog was lying near a
door where he was instantly killed. The
wall paper was badly scorciled near the
animal. On the east side of the building
the lightning made quite an ugly hold,
and on the west side went through the
kitchen and'tore the boards into frag-
meuts. 1t Is . miracle Tint the family
escaped the angry forks OF electricity
which seemed 10 strike from every direc-
ti0n.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-23
N~eighboring Notes.
Langford Bugle.

Langford Bugle.
\. T. Goodwin drove over from Web
ster Monday.
Paul Smith is here from Webster for
-four weeks visit with his mother,
II is said that dogs speak with their
tails. II this be true a short tailed dog
must be a stump speaker.
VIM. Mclaughlin showed us a sample
soI White Dent corn last Saturday which
WA raised on his farm, and its about as
nice we have seen. AS a corn country
South Dakota is rapidly com ing to the
front and viii soen surpass Iewa and
Illinois.
Naubay Clipper.
]. E. Young went to Webster on his
wheel Monday.
Chas Thesis and family have moved
into their new house ON the farm.
Ii. Stage has taken the contract to
carry the mail from this poiat to Thor
son, Maloney and Visit.
MI, and Mrs. Geo. Baker aud daugh-
ter of Olivia, Mtnn. are here visiting
with friends for a few weeks.
Gil Chapman returned for his fam
lily Tuesday and will take final depart
ure for Iyanhoe, Mum. tomarrow.
A son, was born to Mr.. aud Mrs. w. b.
Harrington on Tuesday, August 4. The
happy parents are to be congratulated.
Miss Hannah Lawyer has returned
from her sojourn in Europe and is ready
to resume her school duties. She re-
ports q very enjoyable trip.
j. i. McKoane, who bought grain
here last season for the McCaull Web
ster Co., will buy this year for the
Exchange Elevator Co, beginging oper-
atlons September 1st.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-23

but he has been paid. he is fattered
and content, and so on through the
list. You see, a man learns a thing or
two after 20 years in Washington, and
have learned to make II appoint
ment d. for a dozen supporters."-Sat-
urday Evening Post.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-23
A CONFIDENTIAL CASE.
IL brought Out an Honest Confession
About q stolen Hog.

About a Stolen Hog.
1T has long been a matter of argu-
ment," said the old lawyer. who was
In a reminiscent mood, whether q
lawyer should defend q man that he
knows to be guilty. There Is an argu-
ment on both sides. and ! do not sup
pose 1t will V be settled to the salts
faction Of all.
"A good many years ago I had a case
that set me to thinking. and haven't
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-23
Pierpont Signal.

Pierpont Signal
John Mack, accompanied by lis
daughter, Mamie, and Norma PARROT,
returned to Webster Saturday.
The first report Of the yield Of wheat
in this section comes in today. Martyr
Nygaard's wheat averaging thirteen
bushels per acre. We understand this
was much above his estimate of the
yield.
OF the 22o trees set around the school
yard In the yard in the spring only seven
are dead. They have stood the dry
weather remarkably we'll In their most
tender age, and this fact should encourage
every owner of town lots to set out d
goodly number Of trees in the spring, for
what adds more to the value OF property
and the beauty OF a own than beautiful
trees.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-23

prototype copies OF a book OF over fifty
years ago, which in its day was sold for about
w. ana watch was much superior in paper,
print, and binding to these limitations. being
then q work of some merit instead of one
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-19
KING. eEoReE AND KING WILLIAM.

When the American colonies
were in revolt against Great Brit
ain, George Ill, then king, issued
a proclamation as follows:
81 am DESTROYS of restoring to
them (the american cOlOnics), the
blessings of ldaD, aOtich they h0Ue
fatally and desperately exchanged
for the cdldmities of aoar, and the
arbitrary tyranny of their chiefs"
George III. of England. in f776.
So too while the forces of the
United States were chasing the
patriotic Filipinos from their
burning homes, President McKin-
ley assured them of his kind pur-
poses as follows:
'sThat Congress aDilt proUide for
them (he Fsltpiaaos), q government
aChtch aOiI bring them blessings,
1chich aDi1J promote their material
interests, as aueLL as Advance their
people in the paths of civilization
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-19
SLAVERYRECOGNIZED
Amendment to the Constitution for
Which a Million Lives Were
Sacrificed Set at Naught
by Mckinley.
THE INFAMOUS sULU TREATY.

The constitution of the United
States says:
ARTICLE XIII.
1. Neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude, except as a punishment for
crime whereof the party shall have
been duly convicted, shall exist with
in the United States, or any place sub
ject to their Jurisdiction.
M'KINLEY'S INFAMOUS TREATY
WITH THE SULTAN OF SULU.
Article I. The sovereignty of the
United States over the whole archi-
pelago of Sulu and its dependencies
is declared and acknowledged.
Article II. The United States flag
will be used in the archipelago of Sulu
and it's dependencies on land and sea.
Article III. The rights and dignities
Of his highness the sultan and his da-
tos shall be fully respected, and Moros
shall not be interfered with on account
of their religion. All their religious
customs shall be respected and no one
shall be prosecuted on account of his
religion.
Article x. Any slave In the Archi-
pelago of sulu shall have the right to
purchase freedom by paying the master
the usual market value.
Article XIV. The United States gov
eminent will pay the following month
1y salaries: To the sultan, $3.50; to
Dato Rajah NADIA, SIS; to Dato Attik,
$50; to Dato Cable, SIS; to Dato Joak-
anian, SIS; to Dato Puvo, $50; to Dato
Amir Haissin, $50; to Hadji Butter,
- TIL n. O.
gum, SIS.
Signed in triplicate, in English and
Sulu, at Jolo, this twentieth day of
August, A. D., 1899, 18th Arakuil
Akil, 1870.
The Sultan Sulu,
DatO Rajah Muda,
Signed J. c. Bates, Brigadier-General
u. S. v.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-19
and Intelligence, I confidently be-
Neue." - President Mckinley at
MinneQDOLf6. Oct. IL. 1893.

and Intelligence, I confidently be-
NeUe." = President Mckinley at
Minneapolis, Oct. IL, 1899.
Read what. Abraham Lincoln
said with regard to these promises
or benevolent assimilation" offer
ed to a people for a surrender Of
their liberties.
Mr.. Lincoln, in a speech at Chi
cago, Ill, July 10, 1858, spoke as
follows:
Those arguments that are made
that the inferior race are to be
treated lCtth as much allowance as
they are capable Of enjoytny;; that
as much Is to be done for them as
their condition eCttI dlloaD: What
are these argumentsf They are
the arguments that kings haze
made for es,sfdUing the people IN
all ages Of the sc0rtd- You s0tlL
note that all the arguments of king
craft sOere alsDays of this class
I7sey alacays bcstrodc the ssecks Of
the people, not that they iuGsated to
do It, bat because the people aDerc
better OF for being ridden
Ttirn It eueyy apdy you iCitl, fCheth-
or It comes from the mouth of q
king as an eEcsIee for e7asIdUtng
the people of his country, or from
the mouth Of one roce a. q reason
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-19
for enslaUing the men IF another
race, it is all the same Old serpent"
-LiucOIn,S CO1nDleIe Works Vol


race, it Is all the same Old serpent"
-Lincoln's Complete FORKS, POt--
l., page $50.
Let it be remembered" said the
continental congress in addressing the
states at the end of the Revolution.
that it has ever been the pride and
boast of America that the rights for
which she contended were the rights
OF human nature
True statesmen as they were," SAID
Lincoln, 'they knew the tendency OF
prosperity to breed tyrants, so they
established these self-evident truths,
that when, in the distant future, some
men, some faction some interest
should set up the doctrine that mono
but rich men or none but white men.
or none but Anglo-Saxon white men,
were entitled to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness, their posteritys
might look up again to the declaration
of independence and take courage to
renew the battle which their fathers
began; SO that truth, justice and
mercy and all the humane and Chris
tan virtues might not be extinguished
from the land; SO that no man would
hereafter dare to limit and circum-
scribe the great principles on which,
the temple of liberty. was being built"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-19
COST OF MILITARISM.
Two Hundred Millions for the Army;
Seventy-Five Millions for the
Navy Is What McKin-
ley Wants.
DEMANDS ARMY OF 100, 900 MEN.

We are at last to know what we are
ism.
The Washington government has
made its demand. It demands an army
of 100000 men and it wants 5000, O00,-
600 for the next year to support its
pretensiOns.
The navy department wants SIS 0OO,-
900. The end is far away. This is
taxpayers may expect.
To support the army and navy until
the end Of the fiscal year, June 80,
1902. congress will be asked to appro-
pirate more than 5000. ZOO, 900. The
war department is estimating on the
basis of 100000 men.
Under the present law all vo1un-
teers and regulars in excess Of about
10000 men must be discharged before
July 1. 1901, and Quartermaster-Gen-
eral Ludington is making arrange
ments for the transportation home Of
the volunteers, beginning next month.
1t will be necessary to recruit regi-
ments to take the place of the volun-
CSGTS III case IHOI0 LIOOQS dT0
lied, and when they are ready for ac-
tive service they must be transported
to Manila.
The pay of the army will be what
was estimated for the current year
$47, 000, 900. There will be heavy bill
for, clothing, medical and hospital
stores, ordnance, ordnance stores and
supplies and regular supplies for the
quartermaster's department. The es-
innate made by Commissary- General
Weston for subsistence stores for the
current fiscal year was $11, 1924 and
this will be exceeded.
Secretary Roots estimate for the
military establishment for the current
year aggregated $12S, no. 83, and it
will undoubtedly be larger. for the next
fiscal year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-19
! ALL FORMS OF TOLL
MENACED BY TRUSTS
The Farmer, the LeoOrer and the Business Man
Alike Threatened with SerfdOm
DEMOCRACY THEIR SOLE DEFENDER

CITY
the of
empom of hi
indusry benefit OF the few Al
atiate il all b
u
We pledge democa to
city aims private
j.
A has awaysbe OUTLAY -
In (which neo w me
OF merch q
the fxedthe 1bor
RENAL
yorgan
the Iwelwa of the
spirit
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-19
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
FAV0RS LIBERAL PENSIONS.

We are proud of the courage and
fidelity of the American soldiers and
sailors In all our wars; we favor liberal
pensions to them and their dependents;
and we reiterate the position taken in
the Chicago platform in 1896, that the
fact of enlistment and service shall be,
deemed conclusive evidence against
disease and disability before enlistment.
Kansas City Platform,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-19
JEFFERSON AND LIBERTY.

think all the world would gain ~
setting commerce at perfect liberty.
The only orthodox object OF the In
stitut1ea Of GovsEnment - 70 secure
the greatest degree of happiness posi-
bic to the general mass of those asso-
ciatod under tt
The wh0le Art Of governDent con-
sists I'm the art Of being honest.
from the consent OF the governed.
The liberty of speaking and writing
guards our other liberties.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-19
No Room for Subjects
Under the Free Flag
The Supreme Purpose People Should Be to
oppose attempts Grasp Imperial Power.
REPUBLIC Faces n PROFOUND CRISIS


situtons foundd by
the frs n
dtorule thb y
noners the o t
tuiona presentai ton the
Impri lsnn
Kansas form @ b
gu lion Il Aic
Anneica bje
who'd an sfth
esard to its limits
No natoncan endurepa tiena n patsu
ehaeco
lie o Empire
Republic andJ De
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-19

Whenever things get so far wrong
as to attract their notice, the people,
II wen informed, may be relied upon
to set them to rights.-Thomas Jef1er-
son.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-19
HEATH ENDORSES NELLY
"Postomce Department.

First Asst Postmaster General.
Warrington, ID. c., Dec. IS. 1898.
MY Dear Ma jor-I Intended to say to,
you when you were here that there IL one
man, Mr.. Charles f. w. Nicely, of Muncie,.
Ind, who wants to go into the Cuban
mall service, In whom L am more inter-
ested than any other man among thou
sands of applicants for positions of that
character. He IL a newspa per writer and.
publisher, and about forty-two years of
age, splendidIy educated, . hustler. q man
with the very best habits and as loyal a.
loyalty itself. He would make q GRAND
CONFIDENTIAL MAN FOR you. VIII.
write and ask him to go and you.
This L. q man you will warm up to, and
would like I'd have AS COMPANION A.
well executive onacer.
yours faithfully,
PERRY Q. HEATH
FIRST Asst Postmaster General
ITO Maj. E j. Rathbone,
Hamilton. Ohio"
The writer of the above letter is the
secretary of the Republican national
committee and the chief Of its literary
bureau.
The object OF his enthusiastic eulosy
is now in jail at New York, charged
with participation in Cuban postal
frauds. in which he is said to have
been prime mover He is fighting
extradition to avoid a trial in the
country where the colossal frauds,
were committed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-19

The highest obligation OF this nation
II to Be- true to itself. No obligAtaon to
any particular nations, or to All the
nations combined, can require the
ahandonmant OF our theory of govern
ment and the substitusaon of doctrines
Against which our whole national NE
49, beon = profest, W. J. BRYAN.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-05
CURIOUS ORDER OF THE DAY.
IL IL Issued by n French Omcer on
Suicide of Two Soldiers.

NEW YORK, Sept. "A dispatch to the
Herald, from Paris, says:
"A curious order of the day has been
issued by Col. Clamorgan, of the Second
regiment of Marines. 1t runs as follows:
A soldier In the regiment committed
suicide some days ago at Kerhuon A
sergeant committed suicide this morning
In the barracks.
1t is better that their names should
not be mentioned. Those two deaths are
a source OF as profound regret as would
be desertion or crime of comrade.
/. Suicide for a soldier Is desertion. II
Is flight toward a country from which no.
body returns. Suicide is a crime. 1t is
the abandonment of ones post and flight
before the enemy For this reason II Is
a painful but just custom that all
military honors are not rendered to sui
cides.
a soldier who believes in God and who
loves his country would have no tempta-
ton to commit suicide. Let us. therefore,
be true believers and patriots. in order
that noble hope may sustain us during
life, and that all of us, sons OF France
and soldiers, first of all. may know how
to keep our blood for the defense of the
fatherland.'"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-05
SHE DEF|EO THE GEAR.
GERMAN PRINCESS WHO IS FOND
OF GAMES OF CHANCE.
BY Marriage She Became the Aunt
of the Ruler of All the Russias-
Ignored His Edict Against Rou-
lette and Baccarnt-Is In Disfavor.

NEW YORK. Sept. A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from Berlin.
says:
"a very serious quarrel has broken out
between the car and his aunt the. Grand
Duchess Vladimir which has had the
result of causing her husband. the grand
duke. to tender the resignation OF his
office as commander Of the Metropolitan
military district of st. Petersburg and
of the Imperial guard
THE whole trouble which has not only
set all Russian society by the ears, but
has also perturbed several foreign courts.
including that OF Emperor William, is
due TO q question of baccarat and rou-
lette. Last spring the car, alarmed by
the extraordinary increase of the scam
dals at court, in society, In the army and
even among the high clergy. due TO high
play, issued an edict strictly forbidding
baccarat or roulette.
This ukase followed almost Immediate
ly the startling discovery made by Mich
olas that the chapter OF one OF the prin-
cipal churches OF the metropolis had
pawned the church plate and jewels to
pay gambling debts contracted at bac-
carat and roulette
by the army and clergy the emperor's
command have been obeyed and baccarat
has been stopped at the Yacht and other
leading clubs. But society has treated the
imperial edict with something very much
s ha a G adFs0n snd largely by the ewG
Duchess Vladimir. The latter. a German
princess by birth, and the only Foreign
lady who has declined to change the
faith In which she was reared for that
of her husband on marriage to Russian
duke, Is passionately addicted TO games
of this character. To her Is due the in
PRODUCTION of the roulette table as an
article OF furniture In the salons OF most
of the palaces and mansions OF St.
Petersburg, and the edict OF her nephew
In no way modified her openly proclaimed
determination to visit no house and to
attend no entertainment where roulette
and baccarat were not provided for her
amusement
"On discovering the manner in which
his orders were defied and the part which
the grand duchess has played In the mat
ter. the czar intimated to her that unless
she set an example of obedience to his
request he would reluctantly be compelled
TO visit her with a public token OF his
displeasure by banishing her for time
from court and deprivng her OF the use
OF the imperial liveries and OF imperial
honors"