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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08
Mature A5hors a Vaer,.
IL Came Out All Rixh,

The village blacksmith stood :.
the shade OF the chestnut ira.
heart was heavy within him As :
walled To the new parson his ha,s
1T Is very different to what +,
sir" he said. It's hard now IA !
living, what with the rise in foSa,
worse than all. the competition
"You mean the young man VIA
recently opened a forge at the |
end Of the village" queried Ii. j
ter.
Yes, sir"
Well. we'll" answered the MIN
preparing TO take his departur.
must 20 on trusting and hspias'|
with these words OF comfort MI
the blacksmith.
A few days atterward, pass,.|
same way, the minister st9pHei 4
quire how things were going
time the blacksmith met him Vi
cheerful visage.
Things are lookin. up" R|
planned. II went on trusting and
ing. "a you advised. sir. and d
right, now. The young mans ial
Judy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08
The Proper spher. Of mats.n.,,..

In a review OF Prof. Perry's steam
engine and Oil and Gas Engines" the
Engineer says the professor Is one OF
the eleVerest and most accurate or
modern mathematicians. He has ron
sistentiy preached and practiced the
doctrine that truth is not pumped from
any mathematical well, but can onIv
be won BY q~uarrying the rocks OF
physical nature with the tools OF direct
observation Make sure OF your facts
nrst, and then use mathematics as !
servant to dust and sort them out ana
put them away each in its proner
pigeon-hoie, but do not let mathemat-
les become the master to ride awav
with the imagination and train n into
belief. The best books on physics ara
those through whose pages there rms
the smallest stream Of equations.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

Although TIVE full years have been
devoted to growing OF beets in differ
ent parts OF the country, with a view
TO determining the locations IN which
Beet sugar production could be profit
ably undertaken, the demands uDon
the department Of agriculture for SAM
pie beet seed for the ensuing year. con-
tinue undiminished. II is evident thar
with the new and improving order OF
things In the islands which have ra-
Gently come into close relationship
with the United States, there ia going
to be q race between cane and beet In
which cane sugar is going to closely
compete for the position now held bv
the lowly beet. According IN soma
tables prepared by the treasury denart-
ment beets now produce two-thiraa ~
the worlds sugar. Ok
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08
MARRIAGE IN GREECE.
Arranged On Comnsn-ssnss LInes-Is
Usually . Success.

&zEftux5A o. Aonn 1S09o LAne3-AH
Usually . susssss.
Marriage Is looked forward TO az a
matter Of curse IN Greece, says a
writer In Good Words. The prepara-
ton OF a girI's trousseaa Is often begur
by her careful mother while she IL still
q child. This 10 mora especially the
cse among tbs working and peasant
classes. The former purchase by de-
grses the materials necessary accord
Ing TO their means, leaving to the
maiden herself the task OF converting
them into wearing apparel and arti-
cles for domestic use. The daughter
OF a vell-to-ds peasant viii recsiye a.
her portion a sum ranging from E3e
to E1oo, a good stock OF house linen and
home-mads carpets and rugs, several
articles Of furniture, and tive or three
suits Of Clothes, including a gala cos
tune for Sundays and holidays. A
husband for q portionless girl being
hard to ind, Greek fathers make II
their first duty to ave u dot for thelr
daughters, and brothers in a fathers
place consider II incumbent on them "a
see their sisters settled in life before
taking wives unto themselves. Though
Greek marriages are thus for the most
part marriages de CONVEYANCE. martha
ctssensions are extremely rare. esce-
ciaily among the upper and middle
classes. Greek men, besides belr,
good sons and brothers, are exemplar,
husbands, and the women In their turn
ara the most devoted Of wives. Unions
which result In serious fnconpatibslity
OF temper or want OF sympathy arisins
from other unforeseen causes. are occa.
sionally dissolved by a council OF ED.
ers, presided over by the archbishop OF
the diocese. The proceedings are kent
strictly private and all the evidence is
heard in camera, thus avoiding the
scandal attached to divorce cases in
the west.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08
RATE AgED DECISION
Following Il the Full Text OF
Decision In the South Dak0-
Ia Railroad Rate Case As
Handed Down by the q. 5.
Supreme Court.
TlfE OPINION.

Mr.. Justice Brewer delivered the
opinion of the court.
Few cases are more difficult or per-
picking than Chose which involve an
inquiry whether the rates prescribed
by a state Legislature for the carriage
OF passengers and freight are unrea-
sonable. And yet this difficulty affords
no excuse for a failure to examine and
solve the questions involved. IL has
often been said that this is a govern
ment of laws and not OF men; and by
this court, in Yiek Wo ". Hopkins,
CHS u. s.. COS, 36el. when we con-
slider the nature and the theory OF our
institutions of government, the prin-
ciples upon which they are supposed
TO rest, and review the history OF their
development, We are constrained to
conclude that they do not mean To
leave room for the play and action or
purely personal and arbitrary power.
When we recall that, as estimated,
over ten Thousand millions of dollars
are invested in railroad property, the
proposition that such a vast amount OF
porperty Is beyond the protecting
clause of the Constitution, that the
owners may be deprived of II by the
arbitrary enactment of any Legislature,
State or nation, without any right OF
appeal to the courts, is one which can
not for a moment be tolerated. Diff
ficult as are the questions involved in
these cases, burdensOme as the labor
is which they cast upon the courts, no
tribunal can hesitate TO respond TO the
duty of inquiry and protection cast up
Oh ii by the Constitution. (Railroad
Commission Cases, 116 U. s. 307; Dow
v. Beidelman, I25 q. s. $50; Georgia
Railroad & Banking Co. v. Smith, rs
U 8. TIA: Chicago, milwaukee, a. st.
Paul Railway Company v. Minnesota,
I34 U. 8. 41S; Chicago & Grand Trunk
Railway Company ". Wellman, 143 T..
8. 339; Reagan v. Farmers LOan ~
Trust Co., 154 O. s. 362; st. Louis <
San Francisco Railway Company, ",
Gil, 156 q. s. $40; Covington &c. Turn
pike v. Sandford, 164 q. s. SIS; Smyth
v. Ames, 1863 q, 8. 1861
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08
FOOD ANE INSANITY
Poor Nutritisn a. . Factor In Mental
Weakness.

Weakness.
DR.. c. G.. Hill in Baltimore sun: More
and NOR. sxpert opinion Is leaning to
the idea that insanity need MOI always
be a purely mental disease, but that I'M
purities Of the blood havs a powerful
effect upon the psychical being. There
are two effective agents in bringing
about a physical condition that Invites
insanity. One Is overlooking and the
other underfsed!Es. Overlooking has
wrecked more constitutions and minds
than the great majority OF persons
have any idea. The name OF the evils
that follow in its train Is legion. All
the proper functions Of the body ar.
thrown out OF gear, diseases OF vital
organs and Of the blood arc invited,
with their corresponding effect upon
the brain ~structurr. When n rsiscts
that svsn the middle classes Of today
live bettsr and have more OF the con-
veuielcss Of life than dukes and kings
two centuries ago, IL Is easy TO sea tae
tendency toward elsrvation. Among
the fortunate classes thu women
have lirtls 10 occupy thar s~rtsntis1
save eating, reading. gossip and other
engagements. Theirs In NO suitfvatioB
OF healthy exercise. Tbs men ars at .
high mental pressure al the Ctns, with
littls physical sulturs, M fnd their
chisf relaxation in ovsrtsdulgsacs,
either in eating or drinking or both.
Man and I'M are prone 70 keep late
hours and to seek exciting diversions.
While ths physical nature 10 en-
weakened by excuses, the mental IA
ture Is kept afans with excitement,
and this frequent result OF the combina-
ton Is some form OF insanity. Under
feeding breaks down the mind and
body in An opposits manner The it's
sues are not nourishsd, the vital forces
not properly maintained, and the
weakening physical man Is attended in
his deteriorating stages by the weak
ening mental man. The social and in
dustrtal conditions Of today are rapidly
dividing humanity into two great
classes-extrsnes-in which insanity
finds a ready fooehoId for the reasons
given
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

List of Patents Issned Last We'd
N0rrhwestern Investors

Emil |. Drawer, Saltwater, ]
dust collector: Henry Hammer,
tain Lake, Mimi; knudt n. KEus
Beaver Creek. Mimi, muTic leaf
sr; Jacob Lampert. Hill City J
ore concentration; William Mel
Winona, Mimi, blow-of cock; hi
A. Patton, Livingston, Mont, 10
tive for elevated railways; VILLA
Walton, Neche, n. D., harTess::
chine.
Msrvin, Lcthrop q johnson. Pafess
neyH. oil a BIZ Pioneer Press Biass >
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

Prof. shephardson OF the U~niysrsity
OF Chicago thinks there is an inherent
sociological reason for the prevaIence
OF fights in Kentucky. The professor
may be correct, but in conducting his
researches upon this difficult subject it
would be wise for him to do 80 at a
distance. K~entuckians do o like to
have outsiders mix W in their affairs
OF honor
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

A powder. Your feet feel 4
Portable, nervous. and often coz
damp. II you have sweating. soll
or tight shoes. try Aliens Fs0sj
Sold sy all druggists aaa sh9s i
IS cents. sample sent free. -
Allen s. OImstsd, lie Roy. N. l.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08
There We. sorr.-

The colonel halted his .aessI
Of a Dakota dug our and nt,s = 4
orous "Heilog and after
tow-headed girl Of about siv uis'
OF age showed up and looked y \
and said. nm
Vow, then, what We whoo,..,
and who be ye?" '
can | get anything to eat has,,
Not a thing uefer
ANY water for my horssw
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08
A CouxeuinI style.

Il just heard of a good propery
Senator Billy Mason to buy"
What is irT"
IT'S i country newspaper
where they recently ran out Of III
ital e, and have to print United 4
like this-'united States "-C&Va
Plain Dealer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

Mrs. Kelly Il 4. inflow eaa
get droonk widout i eint in ye1
et3
Mr.. Eelly-Whoi, Rooney was |,
war, Casey was tSlkil' politics -
gan was taIkin' baby! AL | sas
was to kape NE mouth Shuts
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

You win enjoy this publicauoa
better IL you viii get into the -
reading the advertisements; ue|
afford a most amusing STUDY, vi
put you in the way OF getting ~
cellent bargains. Our advertsa
reliable; they send what they 4
tise.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

1t has been found that the men,
nrane forming the lining of a hens
egg will serve admirably for skin
grating, but the increased demand
this will cause for eggs will only par
TALLY relieve the oversupply in the cold
storage warehouses.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08
Our Tncrrased Tr,a. w,,

England can no longer comps,.
as In the shipment OF nan e.el
to China. This is merely uatur sp
best wins in everything Fa,
reason, Hostetter's Stomacb y
has for fifty years acknowIeds.,
superior, because there il nom
ter TO cure constipation. IpdiaE.
dyspepsia and biliousness
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

IL somebody would dig a canal and
let 100000 cubic feet a minute of good
lake water into the Rio Grande, you
wouldn't find any kick coming from
Las Cruces.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

There is perhaps no one cause that
contributes TO harden men in error
and in misconduct Of any kind. tnan
the dread that a confession Of havinr
been wrong viii be met by hnmftats
ing exultation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

The power of duly approaching lit
tie things belongs to a great mind; a
narrow-minded man has it rot, for to
him they are great things.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08
N Old

Alexander gave his vie
"Ah. so she would stay |"
moreg' -,
Either that, or be would :,
excuse to get away ofteHer. :
apolls Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

If you have a wealthy maiden aunt.
don't fail to send her a hand-painted
card decorated with a bunch of for
get-me-nots.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

A crude theory, in the language of
some men, means one, which (being
new has o first occurred to them
selves.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

Mr.. Bryan will save himself annoy
anoe by issuing a bulletin each MORN
ing before breakfast telling Just how
be stands Oh the silver question.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

Don't overwork yourself. Just i'm
agine how miserable you would be If
you finished all your work today and
had nothing to do the rest of your
life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

No opinssn is to be received sImnr,
because ID is old or simply because II
is new, bat only because it is true. We
must eqraIly beware of ventnrfng
rashly aa untrodden paths, without a
careful survey OF the country. and OF
following in too confident security the
track OF u " footsteps.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

There ara no two things more often
confounded, yet more perfectly dis
tinct, than liberal tolerance and Iati-
tudinarian indifference.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

dcing the total business OF the compa
nv then the net earnings OF q a local
business would not exceed Az per cent
of the gross receipts. Reduce the gross
raceints Is per cent-and the reduction
Inv the Defendants rates was 10 per
cent ON passengers and IL per cent on
srajpbt husiness-it would leave only
On, ner cent of the gross receipts as
what might be called net earnings, To
be annIied to the payment or interest
on bonds and diyiuends on stoch. DuC
the testimony shows that the S OK
doing local business is mucn greater
than that of doing through
II IL should be SIS per cent CT the gross
receipts land there was cestinlony
tending to show that 1t was mnch II
not more) then a reduction OF 10 per
cent in the gross receipts would leave
the property earning nothing more
than expenses of operation. THESE COM
putations show that the method Whlch
the court pursued was ana
that without a finding as TO the cost
of doing the local business II Is lmpos-
sible to determine whether the reduced
rates prescribed by the defendant we're
unreasonable or not.
But mere we are confronted Oy the
ninth statements in the findings or
fact. to wit, that the court is unable
to find from the testimony what the
actual cost of earning the local earn
ings for the fiscal years ending June
80, 1874. 1895, 1896 and 1897 was. II
the court meant by that to say that
there was no testimony tending TO
show what was the cost OF doing local
business. we are constrained TO say
that the statement is erroneous, be-
cause there was abundance or tesrl-
mcny bearing upon that question. II
termine that fact with mathematician
accuracy, basing it upon testimony or
the exact amount Of money paid cut for
doing such work, it, is undoubtedly true
ii meant simply that Il could not de-
but there are many things that have
to be determined by court and jury IN
respect to which mathematical accur-
aCy Is not possible. Take the ordinary
case CT condemnation Of real estate,
the value is to be determined by the
trial tribunal, whether jury or court,
and yet no one is able to state the
exact value. In this very case the
court fixed the value Of the companys
property in South Dakota at $4,000
900, and yet it is impossible from the
testimony TO say that this conclusion
was absolutely accurate, that there
was testimony tending to show TO a
dollar such value.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08
COMPETENT MASTER

we are all of opinion that a better
practice is to refer the testimony to
some competent master. TO make all
needed computations, and find fully the
Facts. Ii Is hardly necessary TO OBJ
serve tnat IN view OF the difficulties
n Importance OF such a case IL II
imperative that the most competent
q reilaole master, general or special
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

An exchange says the typhoid germ
Is particularly active. Ana not par
ticular whera.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

Mr.. GoebeI of Kentucky says he Is
too busy TO marry. Has the s~tar-eyed
goddess of reform Tilted him?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

Men delight in everything peculiar,
whether an advantage or not.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

A mans gallantry crops out when
he is entertaining a woman who is not
related to him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

Il often wonder why you se,,
married"
Because I'm too fond Of NAV.
ety."-Life. "
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

Some people you like until they find
yorc out, and some you don't like until
you find them out.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

The sun sets only in the west, but an
old hen isn't so particular.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

The Cleveland Plain Dealer is CIV
ing lessons in penmanship. Hitherto
1t has endeavored to right wrong.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

One plum pudding on the table is
worth two in the stomach.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

The charity that begins at home
very often ends there.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

It's the spirit rather than the price
tag that makes the gift valuable.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

When a hen roosts on a roost she
niust be a rooster.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

The man who bets on the top dog
and the bottom facts seldom gets Ieit.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

Defect In manners is usuaW !,
feet OF fine perceptions
comes OF no breeding, but "
Emerson.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

Never let a confidence be forced upon
YOU
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

Half a loaf il sometimes pes'
an unpaid board bill.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

believe my prompt use 81 W. NJ,
prevented quick coRsunpnen "a
Wallacs, Narqnstts. Kaa., Dec. =
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08
POWERS.

II is often said that the Legislature
is presumed TO act with full kn0wi-
edge Of the facts upon which its leg g.
lation is based. This is undoubtedly
true, but when it is assumed from that
that its Judgment upon those facts is
lot subject TO investigation, the infer
ence is carried too far. Doubtless
upon mere questions of policy it's CON-
illusions are beyond judicial consider
alton. Courts may not inquire wheth-
er n given act is wise or unwise, and
only when such act trespasses upon
vested rights may the courts inter-
vene. A single illustration viii make
this clear: 1t is within the competen-
cy of the Legislature to determine when
and what property shall be taken for
public uses. That question is one Of
policy over which the courts have no
supervision; but if after determining
that certain property shall be taken
for public uses the Legislature proceeds
further, and declares that only a Ger
tain price shall be paid for it, then the
M may challenge the validity OF
that part of the act, may contend that
his property is taken without due
compensation; and the Legislative de-
termination of value toe not pre-
clude an investigation in the proper
judicial tribunals. The same principle
applies when vested rights Of property
are disturbed by a Legislative enact
ment in respect TO rates.
In approaching the consideration of
a case OF this kind we start with the
presumption that the act of the Iegis-
latnre il valid, and upon any
seeking to challenge it's validity rests
the burden OF proving thar it infringes
the constitutional guarantee OF pro-
lection to property. The case must be
a clear n in behalf OF the railroad
company or the legislation OF the
state must be upheld.
Such being unquesticnably the law.
1t is obviously of the utmost import
ance that the facts shall be clearly and
accurately found and distinctly stated
by the trial court, and that those facts
shall sustain Thn nDnpI,uipn raaobad
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08
o SUFFICIENT

We are OF opinion that neither the
findings made by the court, nor such
facts as are stated in its opinion. are
sufficient TO warrant a conclusion I'M
on the question whether the rates
prescribed by the defendants were un-
reasonable or not, and We are also of
opinion that the process by which the
u came TO it's conclusion is not one
which can be relied upon. The court
proceeded upon the theory that a COM
parison OF the actual gross receipts of
the company from its South Dakota To-
cal business with those which it would
have received If the rates prescribed by
the defendants had been in force was
sufficient TO determine the question OF
the reasonableness OF those latter rates
and instituted such comparison with
respect To the four years preceding the
commencement of this suit.
Now, it is obvious that the mount or
gross receipts from any business does
OF itself determine whether such.
business is profitable or not. The
question Of expenses incurred in nro-
ducing those receipts must be always
taken into account, and only by strfk-
ing the balance between the two can IL
be determined that the b-ussaess 4,
profitable. The gross receipts may be
large, but If the expenses are larger
surely the business is not profitable. It
cannot be said that the rates which a
legislature prescribes are reasonable ir
the railroad company charging only
those rates finds the necessary expen-
ses Of carrying on It's business greater
than it's receipts.
In the light OF these general and oh
Vlous propositions WI proceed to ex-
anime the computations and r~easonina
or the court. For reasons which will
be apparent hereafter we do not stop
to inquire whether it's findings are cor
rect deductions from the testimony
but take them as they are stated. II
may be promised that the books OF tine
plaintiff, showing it's business for the
tour years, Were examined. and 40
much as was deemed necessary admit
ted in evidence.