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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-31

FOR SALE-Single iron bed, leatt.
er couch. 1901 West Fifth avenue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-31

SPOTS
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-06-05

The extensive advertising in
dulged in by certain citizens of
Centerville, who attempted to
turn Decoration Day into day Of
sports and festivities, received
merited condemnation from near
ly all parts of the state. Ameri-
can citizens who do not feel suf6-
cient respect for the memory and
wishes Of those who so gallantly
upheld the flag Of our country, to
allow the survivors Of the war Of
1861-65 to say how one day out
of each 365 shall be observed, are,
to say the least, lacking in graft
tude to those who preserved the
union Of states and then enabled
us to live in the grandest Nation
on the face ofthe earth.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-06-05

many cases there is no moral OBJ
legation to do it.
The average newspaperman is
very charitable. He shares with
the doctor and the lawyer the
dubious honor of being the ske1e-
ton closet. Like the ghost of
Hamlet's father, he could "a tale
unfold It is an axiom among
the craft that the man who print
ed all he knew to be true would
not live to get out the second
issue,
When you want your neighbors
life laid bare, do it yourself. It
lis not the printers business.
Howard Spirit.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-06-05
}. FITCH & CO.,
Hurley, South Dakota,
Real Estate and Loans,
Hurley, South Dakota


No. II. 800 acres in Marion town
ship. Good buildings; 200 acres under
cultivation. Will make an EXTRA fine
home farm. Price and terms given on
application.
No. 12. An excellent 80 north Of cid
Finlay on east side of Vermillion river.
No better land. Terms easy,
No. Is. Quarter sec. miles from
Olivet, Hutchinson Co.; Ito acres un-
der cultivation; good spring OF water;
small house. Price $50 per acre.
No. is. Quarter section miles from
Scotland, Bon Homme Co.; fenced and
cross-fenced; 100 acres under cultiva-
tion: well improved; good buildings:
grove and fruit trees. School house 80
rods from buildings. PRICE $40 per
acre. This is snap
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-06-05
AN APPEAL TO MEMORY.
Would-Be Tariff Revisionaries Should
Think Back to Ten Years

x !.
American Economist: Those
citizens of the United States who
are inclined to give heed to the
agitation for Tariff revision,
that is being carried on in GER
tain quarters, should stop long
enough to think back ten years,
to the time when similar agitation
was going on and they gave heed
to il and followed the lead of the
ag1tators. And then they should
review the four years following,
and contemplate the picture that
memory presents of the results of
"Tarif revision" by the oppon-
ents of the protective system.
Only five years have elapsed
since emerged from a period
whose characteristic features were
) idle workshops and mills and
boundaries, unemployed hundreds
of thousands, low wages for those
who we're employed, prices that
were low because the masses had
no money to buy, bond issues to
maintain the national credit. un-
employed private capital, paraly-
sis of industrial and commercial
enterprise, distress among the
working classes.
That period was the result Of
tariff revision by the enemies Of
the tariff. It grew out Of the
operation Of the Wilson Tariff
law.
It was believed, when a change
in the national administration
and the repeal Of the Wilson law
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-06-05

No. 18. A 640-acre stock ranch, 8
miles from Running Water, S. d. All
fenced with and A wire fence. Good
buildings, and sheds for 200 head OF
cattle. Everything in good shape. Itiy
will pay you to investigate il you want
No. stock ranch. Price $2l. 90 per-
acre.
No. 10. Quarter section ~ miles
from Olivet, and miles from Memo,
l20 acres under cultivation; good
spring. An excellent farm Is acre
pasture fenced, good grove. Price
$500 per acre. of crop to purchaser.
No 20. 720 acres in body, within
ten miles Of Geddes; fenced and cross
fenced. 100 acres in corn last season.
This is snap and can be had at $3.50
per acre if taken soon. n
No. 2l. 800 acres Of level land IA
miles north OF Platte. $40 per acre. \
No. %. 4so acres Of fine, level land
Al miles from Platte. $ls per acre
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-06-05
FOR SALE
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Turner County Bank.

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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-06-05

had restored prosperity to this
country. that the people would
never again permit themselves to
be misled by the speciops argu-
ments of partisan agitators into
voting against their own interests.
But there are indications of dam
ger of repetition of the blunder
of 1892. There is an unmistak-
able inclination on the part of
some of the people to give willing
ears to the representation that
the import duty should be re-
moved from certain commodities,
in order that foreign competition
might make prices lower.
Let it be granted, for the sake
of argument, that the admission
of foreign products to ofree compe-
tition would result in a reduction
of prices to the consumer. That is
the alluring prospect held out to
the people by the advocates of
tariff reduction. Of the other in
evitable results nothing is said.
But they must be considered.
Stated broadly, they would be,
first panic then stagnation.
Values that are based on the con-
tinuance of present industrial and
commercial activity would shrink
at once and rapidly. Ruin would
come to many. Capital would re-
treat into the vaults of banks and
remain there. Expansion of
manufacturing plants would
cease Immediately, as would the
extension of transportation facili-
ties. The army of the unem-
ployed would be recreated, and
the wages OF those remaining at
work would be reduced. There
would be, in short, a return to
the conditions of 1926, or some
thing worse. And this is no fam
ciful picture, but moral certain
ty.
Then, of what benefit would
lower prices of some commodities
be? Of what good would 10 cent
beef to the workingman unable 20
earn the 10 cents with which to
buy it?
| It may be that after due con-
sideration, careful revision Of the
tariff schedule IN some of its parts
| will be deemed advisable. It may
| be found that the duties on some
things can be reduced without
hurting American interests. but
surely it should be left to the
friends of the protective system
to decide what changes may be
safely made, if any, and to make
them. It would be the extreme
of folly to give that task into the
hands Of the party that would
destroy the whole system If It
could have its way.
And even the friends of Pro-
lection should undertake the task
only in a time of calm, when no
slauor from partisan agitators
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-06-05
I REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS
STATE TICKET.

STATE TICKET.
For Congress
CHAs. II. BURKE.
e. w. MARTIN.
For Governor
CHAs. N. HERREID.
For Lieutenant Governor
G. w. SNOW.
For Secretary of State
o. G. BERG.
For Treasurer
B. COLLINS.
For Auditor
j. E. HALLIDAY.
For Attorney General
PHILo HALL.
For Supt. OF Public Instruction
G. w. NASH.
For Land Commissioner
G. j. BACH.
For Railway Commissioner
d. HI. SMITH.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-06-05
The Kind Of News wanted

When you feel like roasting the
printer for not printing all the
news just write out that story Of
your neighbor's shortcomings
which you are 50 anxious to see
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-06-05

in the paper, sign your name to
it, take it to your local paper and
two to one it will appear in the
next issue. A few months later,
when you have succeeded in get
ting the incident closed" you
will realize what a pudding it is
to be an editor. A man came to
us recently to get the soup
pumped into" his friend who had
taken plunge in sporty life.
Another brought us a detailed
story of the ''imprudence" of a
self constituted social queen which
he was convinced the world ought
to know. Another had been
keeping tab on the strenuous life
of a miss but little way in her
teens and yet another had a long
story of how a pillar of the church
q
had been doing a little legal
stealing. Each was strong in
the conviction that the public
ought to know about it, s'but
don't bring my name into it,
was the sole condition exacted for
favoring us with the rich morsels
of gossip.
/, But how about bringing the
editors name into it?" Do you
imagine he enjoys living in a
state of warfare with all the vic
ious, all the hypocrites, all the
frail women and the hoggish
men in the community?
1t is enough to have political
enemies spending more effort try
ing to injure your business than
they do to build up their own,
without making one or two per-
sonal enemies every issue by
catering to morbid craving for
gossip. An editor is under no
obligation to do 1T. Indeed, in
and its echoes from the easily ex-
citable part of the population
make discreet deliberation aud
the exercise of the best judgment
difficult If not Impossible. It is
so much easier to destroy than
to build up. To do the former
only the opportunity and the
power are required, The latter
requires not only opportunity and
power, but the highest intel1i.
gence and the best of skill, The
new prosperity Of the United
States is like a splendid structure
It isa product of excellent ability.
It is the pride Of the American
people. If changes can be made
to advantage in some of its parts
let its builders make them, but
let no vandal hands be laid upon
its foundation. Albany .Jour.
nal"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1902-06-05

The Republican state conven-
was a record breaker, each and
every nomination was made by
acclamatiou, unanimously.
The Washington times., 1902-04-20

their hunger tremendously, and they
circIed around nearer and nearer.
Finally they reached the yellow door,
upon which they cIawed and dug. After
stubborn resistance the door yielded
and the hounds got their supper.
Every day for a month this experiment
was repeated, the chevalier taking care to
slightly increase the difficulties in the way
of the dogs opening the door each day.
At the end of the month the chevalisr
left his hounds three days without food,
by which time. as may well be supposed
they were ravenous When he loosed them
they made a bee line for the woods. While
the hounds had been fasting the chevalier
had taken down the image and had sent
out an invitation for the real dignitary to
come forth and take dinner with him.
The monster winked his eye and
chuckled at the hardihood of the cheva-
lier. However, he sent back answer that
he would be pleased to accept the invi-
The Washington times., 1902-04-20
SOuE FRUIT AND FLOWER GAMES

By this time you see. too; don't your
Each player must answer with a plant
beginning with the same letter as his or
her name. 1t is quite catch, and 1t takes
some people long time to find 1t out.
This game is called II Plant My Garden"
Fruit, Vegetables and Nuts" is another
garden game. 1t is quite different from 81
Plant My Garden" however The play
ers must seat themselves in a circle; the
more there are the merrier The leader
must provide a soft ball. One made from
handkerchief will do. Throwing the
ball across the circle, the leader says tho
name of fruit. vegetable or nut
for instance. Apple" The one to whom
the ball is thrown must catch 1t. and be-
fore the leader has counted ten throw IL
to another player, saying the name of a
fruit. vegetable or nut beginning with the
second letter of ''apple''-for example,
pear" The player who catches the ball
must keep up the game by taking tho
third letter Of apple and replying. Thus:
Player No. 1. APPLE" player No. 2,
Pear" player No. 3. Peach" player
No. 4, Lemon" player No. 5. Egg
plant"
apple" being exhausted now. the game
is continued with the letters of Egg
plant" Thus, when player No. receives
the ball he responds Grapes"
The same name must not be used twice.
If any player fails to respond by the time
the leader has counted Ten. he must drop
cut of the game. The player who stays
in longest wins. You must watch out for
the ball and have your wits about you IL
it comes to you suddenly. The turns are
not taken in order, you must understand,
and anyone is liable to receive the ball
when he is not looking for it. This Is
very jolly game.
The Washington times., 1902-04-20

PRING sets people to thinking OF
gardens and of flowers. Here is
~ way of planting a garden that any
one can try. Suppose Henry and
Maud and Grace and George and Ruth and
Victor are playing. Henry Is tho leader
Some of the children know the game. and
others do not. That makes no difference;
they must all try to plant their gardens
with something to suit Henry. II they
fail at first, never mind: perhaps they
will all catch on after a while. AS soon
as every one has done his planting to the
leaders satisfaction the game Is changed.
unless new players appear.
Says Henry: Maud with what do you
plant your garden?"
81 plant my garden with maple trees,
answers Maud promptly.
They will grow says Henry Grace,
with what do you plant your garden?
with vioIets." says Grace.
They will die" answers Henry. and
Grace looks puzzled.
with what do You plant your garden,
George?"
with geraniums,'' answers George.
They will grow" says Henry.
"Geraniums will do for Grace" says
Maud.
'Oh. don't tell" says Henry. Ruth,
with what do you plant your garden?"
with lilies" answers Ruth
They will die says Henry. Victor,
it's your turn. With what will you plant
your GARDEN"
with violets," answers Victor.
They will grow says Henry. What
will you plant. Maud?''
why, / said violets," protests Grace.
"Mignonette" replies Maud
''Oh, / see," exclaims Grace. Henry,
if plant grapes, won't they grown"
The Washington times., 1902-04-20
STAYING THE DRAGON OF MALTA
By RUTH EVERETT.

All the upper part of the body was COW
color. and then glazed. Just where the
bright yellow spot in the living beast was
located the chevalier cut a door big
enough for his dogs to go through BY a
cunningly contrived device that door was
made SO that it would resist the attacks
of the dogs for a time, but would yield
before they got discou: aged. When the
mechanical part of his work was done, the
chevalier filed up all the cracks. smooth
ing the rough places. so that there were
no traces of hinges OF the like; after
which he painted that spot bright yell
low, just like the one on the living beast.
The next morning the chevalier went
down to his dummy dragon, opened the
door of its belly, and put a goodly guam
tity of meat inside. That morning his
pack of hounds got no breakfast LAS
hungry as a hound has passed into a
proverb. The chevalier's hounds howled
their protest against this treatment. but
it did them no good. Worse yet, at noon
they got no dinner. And in the evening
the chevalier turned them loose and led
them to the mock monster he had made
Although the hounds were hungry and
would gladly have avenged the insults and
injuries previously offered to them and
their ancestors, they stood in mortal ter
ror of the great beast. and well they
might, for many a one in the pack had a
deep scar which he carressed fondiy re-
fiecting the while that it is better to be
as hungry as a hound than as dead as a
doornail. The one has remedy. the
other has none
So the hounds circled round and round
the great beast, barking and barking At
last one Of the oldest and wisest OF the
pack noticed that they got no snaps from
those teeth that had formerly been so
cruel. He whined his discovery to the
dog nearest him, and that dog did the
same thing TO his next neighbor, and soon
the story was known by all of them. They
consequently approached little nearer
They could smell the fresh meat that the
chevalier had slowed away within his
beast, and that delightful odor whetted
The Washington times., 1902-04-20
HOW TO MAKE A SUNSHINE WFlRLABOUT.

position in each of the forward ends Of
your sticks. / say these should be near
~ upright. but, as matter of fact. ii you
first place them perfectly perpendicular
and then tip them slightly forward, all in
the same direction. you will come very
near to having them arranged properly.
If properly made your toy will begin to
revolve as soon as it floats on the water
If. however. it should not, bend all the
paper a little more slightly forward. when
you will be sure to meet with success.
Much better results are obtained when
this trick is performed in quite cool
room.
Those who would succeed in making the
toy SO far may advance to the next step.
Cut out small figures of very thin card
board and fasten these with sealing wax
to the ends of the sticks in place of the
paper before used.
Do not forget it is of the utmost i'm
portance that your whirlabout should be
perfectly balanced.
The Washington times., 1902-04-20

of their companions had risen to the sur
face, as a storm was coming, they, too,
FASTENED there and told of the strange
gift and its wonderful powers. When the
storm was over they turned to go, but
the beautiful one. who sat upon rock
alone. only laughed and called to them
that she would come soon. She must sing
one more song to the frightened sailors
and their ships.
1T will soothe them so that they sleep
well tonight" she cried. Even remind
er of the castle below would not tempt
her.
She never came to the palace below the
sea. Trey searched far and near, but no
trace of her could be found. Whether
some sailor charmed her and persuaded
her to go with him to his strange home on
the land; whether she wished a cruel
wish as she blew into the shell-no one
ever knew.
And below the oceans depths the tiny
mites go on, ever building, building; for
no one knows how to stop them, and the
castles grow year in and year out, and
sailors bring home pieces of the delicate
towers and flowerlike clusters which
sometimes reach above the sea-
The Washington times., 1902-04-20

"A n ORE wonderful things are said to
!h have happened on the Island of
I Malta than in any other place
on earth. and by account of that
pretension there came into fiction that
fabulous order of warriors known as Tho
knights of Malta" Although those stories
are extravagant to the most extreme de-
gree. many of them, like the following
contain a moral that is we'll worth re-
membering ,4s
Perhaps the most celebrated of those
men among whom valor reached such
heights was Dieudonne, de Gozon. after
ward grand master of Rhodes
The chevalier was shocked and grieved
at the frequency with which monster
serpent chewed up one or more of his
favorite beautiful and faithful hounds.
The monsters hide was of bronze color.
and was covered with armor-like scales
that resisted the fiercest thrusts from the
finest swords.
Up to the chevalier's time everything,
both man and beast. that had been rash
enough to attack it had been devoured
The chevalier surveyed the monster care
fully from a place of vantage and at
safe distance, and then he betook himself
to the quiet of his study for reflection.
A bright yellow spot which was on the
belly of the dragon-serpent. and which
was not covered with armor-like scales,
fingered in the memory of the chevalier.
Evidently that was the monsters vulner-
abIe'point. Now it must be remembered
that this huge composite OF beast and
reptile was so large that if his insides
had been hollow couple or more of The
cheyalier's big hounds could have placidly
settled down in there. and gnawed a bone
apiece. Upon that bright yellow spot
the attack must be made said the
chevalier to himself, after which he got
up and set to work
Down in the green wood, upon the exact
spot in which the monster was wont to
lie in hiding for his dinner of dog or man
for the serpent dragon was not fas-
tidfou5, had sort of an omnivorous .appe-
tite-the chevalier constructed an ingcn-
ious and lifelike figure of the monster.
The Washington times., 1902-04-20

folk on land had no beautiful tails. They
had two fiippers, which they balanced
themselves upon and which moved in a
most miraculous way. One and all de-
clared they would visit that region some
day or s.sz persuade some sailor to sit
on the rocks with them and tell them of
it. But the foolish men always sprang
into the water, and then they knew no
more.
From the water above another mermaid
suddenly sprang into view. More beau
tiful by far then any of the others, she
was the favorite. 100. Her long yellow
hair hung almost to the tip of her tail,
and her eyes were as blue as the ocean
itself She laughed with delight as she
reached them and rested there, her hands
tightly clasping some small object against
her breast.
81 have my birthday present. What do
you think it is?" she called.
They guessed everything they could
think of, but at each suggestion she shook
her head. They knew well it was beauti-
full. for she was the only one the old
wizard would ever allow near his dwell
The Washington times., 1902-04-20
By MEREDITH NUGENT.

cult about the making of it, so that none
of you need hesitate on that account. One
like that here pictured may be made as
follows:
First empty an egg shell of its contents,
which may be done by boring a small hole
in ca ch end of IL and then blowing ont its
contents with your mouth. Afterward close
up Both holes with sealing wax. While the
stick of wax is still soft place plenty of it
on the large end of the egg, and before it
-hardens stick five pennies into it and hold
them there until firmly fixed in position.
Now cut out two delicate sticks of wood
very delicate-each twelve inches in
length, and fasten these TO the small end
of the eggshell with sealing wax, and in
position as shown in the picture. Be sure
10 fasten these on in their exact centers,
so that the whole will balance perfectly
when placed in the water. Afterward you
may cut out four pieces of stiff writing
paper and fasten them in nearly upright
The Washington times., 1902-04-20

tation; that he would come early md
stay until after the last light should have
been put out.
Down the road came the hounds, bark
ing and snarlins furiously. Placidly
perched on his hind foot stood the maa-
ster waiting. The bright yellow spot on
his belly sparkled in the sunlight as
though it had been Numbered and CLOSED
for this special occasion. Made bold and
self-confident by hunger and former vic
tories, the hounds dashed at the yellow
spot. Their fangs penetrated he skin
without difficulty and they ',ore the
monster open.
The sad news spread among the rela-
lives of the slaughtered dragon-serpcHt;
a council was called, at which it was
unanimously voted that the Island of
Malta was too small for a race OF dragon
serpents and the -Chevalier DieudcaHa de
Gozon to both abide in peace therein.
whereat the entire colony of dragon
serpents marched to the seashore. plunged
in and swan away. and from that day to
this not one of them has ever been seen
on the Island of Malta.
The Washington times., 1902-04-20
SHE HELD UP THE PRETTY SHELL.

After while she tried her new posses
sion. Wishing that she might have
necklace of large pearls she raised the
shell TO her lips and blew softly into
it. From far away there came a faint,
clear sound, so sweet that they scarcely
breathed until it was gone. Then from
above them dropped the pearls, larger
than any they had ever seen before. With
little cries of delight they crowded about
her, and again and again came the
sweet sound as she wished for something
for each one.
''Now wish for something big, something
really worth while, and see IL that will
come they coaxed After grave deliber-
atoms they decided to wish for a new
home; the old one was really shabby. they
thought; the rocks were old and ev
erything was covered with seaweeds and
moss. They we're tired of it, anyhow.
Each must have her apartments in her
favorite color-white as the pearls for
one; pink, like the inside OF a shell. for
a second; blue as the surface of the ocean
on sunny day for a third; red as the
seaweeds near for another. If the shell
could bring them that, it was, indeed.
wonderful thing.