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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12

S10,049,5S4 the Indian service. s13s..
4ss,559,047 the postal service and
S2,4o2,152 for deficiency in postal
The surplus was $91.2S7,-
375. Estimated revenues for 1908,
1904 900, $50; estimated expenditures
for 1903, 1851, o2o,63o.
The Public Debt.
The interest bearing debt out
standing at the close of business
June 30, 1902, was 1891. O7O,340. Since
then the department has purchased
$16,52o,6o bonds for the sinking fund
for the fiscal year 1903.
The per capita supply of money
outside the treasury November /,
1901, was S2s.72; November l., 1902,
'$29.3G. :
Foreign Commerce.
The marked characteristics of the
foreign commerce of the United
States during the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1902, were a decrease of
S106,O45,59O in exports and an in.
crease of $so,120,7S in imports. The
total exports of the year were S1.3s1 :
719,4o1, of which S1,335,4s1,s SCI was of
domestic production: the total i'm.
ports were $9o3, 32O,94s, making the
excess of exports over imports SAYS
$685. 53.
Work of the MINIS.
on the mint service the report saw
191,419,506 coins of the value Of sol +.
o2o'o7s.l2 were struck during the yeor
The aggregate of $500, ooo, 900 in sub.
sldlary coin" allowed by law has now
been reached.
Immigration.
On immigration the report save.
The commissioner general Of ;mm;
grafton reports that there arrived -.
ports OF the United States DURING ,he
fiscal year ended June 80, 1902, Gas 7ae
aliens as steerage passengers and SO ;.
o'o as cabin passengers, aggregotino
a total alien immigration Of 73o 7os
VI the total of 73o,79s, European conn.
tries furnished 690,472, Asiatic conn
tries 2a,os2 and all other sources y o4a
AS to illiteracy, the report shows tb,t
loS'loo were unable to read or write
2'9l7 could read but not write leavino
4oa'o3S Who were able to do both, The
.otai rcJections for all causes under
the immigration laws wero 4 o,,n
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21

names of streets In Peking, and suggests
the singular and often confusing names
given to Chinese villages. Here are few
village names taken from an area OF a rev
miles square: Horse Words village, from
tradition of a speaking animal;' Sun Fam
lily Bull VILLAGE Wang Family Great
Melon village;' Tiger Catching village;
Horse Without a Hoof village village
Of the Loving and Benevolent Magistrate,
and the Village of the Makers of Fine
toothed Combs Arthur III. Smith, In his
bright and accurate book on Village Life
in China, says that a market town on
the highway, the well of which was afford
ed only brackish water, was called Bitter
Water Shop, but as this name was not
pleasing to the ear II was changed on the
tax lists to Sweet Water Shop If any
one asked how IL was that the same foun-
tain could thus send forth at the same
time waters both bitter and sweet he was
answered, Sweet Water Shop is the same
as Bitter Water Shop and in this answer
Is condensed all of the characteristics of
the Chinese, which, when bundled together,
and queue added. form a paradox that
II Is not given to mere Westerner to
understand"
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21
Godkin i'm Editorial Conference.

Joseph B. Bishop for sixteen years an
assistant in the editing of the Evening
Post, gives the following account of God
kins method of choosing the editorial
topics of each day.
81 can most clearly reveal the qualities of
his mind by citing some illustrations of
his methods. 1t was his custom to hold
each morning an informal conference of
editorial writers as to the subjects which
were to be treated in the days paper. At
this conference 1t was understood that
restraint, and this was always done What
was especially calculated to unnerve a new
conner in these gatherings was the intensity
of concentration In Mr.. Godkin's ewes.
when he turned to him. after the latter had
proposed a subject, and asked: What
would you say about itg Woe to the poor
man if he had nothing above the common
place view to present. He would not get
far In his exposition before, with an i'm
patient wave of the hand, and whirling
quickly around in his chair, the chief would
Gus verdict. like, II don't think that is
worth while or We have said that al
ready or, oh. there's nothing in that.
After that nothing more upon the subject
was to be said. Sometimes after an inter-
ested attention of a few seconds, a quick,
searching question would be put that would
go through the subject like knife through
a toy balloon, leaving complete and utter
collapse. But if a real thought were brought
forward, old subject with novel
method of treatment advanced. Mr.. God
kins eye would kindle with delight his
mind would at once begin to play around
ii, illuminating it with touches of humor
and expanding it with penetrating insight,
till the author became fairly astonished at
the beautiful proportions of his own OFF,
spring Just at this point came the authors
greatest peril. The chances were ten to the
dozen that Mr.. Godkin would become so
delighted with the development of the sub
feet SO intoxicated with the intellectual
pleasure of it's treatment, that he would
say, with a serene smile of perfect enjoy
ment, I'll write on that
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21
Sounds That Chill.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.

1T is curious how men are afflicted by
sounds said an observant man, land
suppose / am just about as susceptible to
torture from this source most other men.
/ can understand why it was that the prim-
itive man believed that the echo was
mocking spirit, for 1 have heard echoes my
self which sent the cold chills up my back.
Go into the Mammoth Cave and yell in a
long deep voice If you want to learn some-
thing of the horribleness of the echo Or
go into some of the lesser caverns in the
Ozarks and go through the same perform
ance and you will be impressed i'm the same
way. 1t is something awe-inspiring, some
thing suggestive of ghosts, and one cannot
ward of the cold shivers. And there are
other sounds which have the same effect
are not annoyed by the howl of a dog, and
1T doesn't matter whether they take any
stock in the old legend that 1t is bad omen
or not. The sound is terrifying. Take the
shrill shrek of the screech owl as another
instance. / have seen men and women of a
high order of intelligence burn leather and
stick the poker in the fire and do other
things In order to suppress the horrible
noise made by the screech owl. OF course
the owl would go right along with the howl
ing just the same, despite the burning
leather and the red-hot poker. Sound has
a strange influence on the human mind, and
l guess we must inherit, in an unconscious
sort of way, some of the superstitions of
quake and get cold when we hear some Of
these more horrible sounds. ] guess We are
but partly civilized after all, for our minds
are not yet strong enough to ward off the
bad influence of the mythical things asso-
ciated with the sounds we hear"
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21
FICKLENESS OF FASHION.
From Greek to Colonial Modes In a
Few Years.
Baltimore American.


From Greek fashions to colonial ones
seems far cry, but we have covered the
distance in a few short years. How long
ago was 1t, anyway, that every woman
wore her hair in a psyche knot, drawn
back straight from her forehead, and had
her evening gowns made in classic style,
with the drapery falling straight from the
bust to the feet?
This page remembers lovely frock of
this sort of soft, clinging white silk The
puffed sleeves were of royal purple velvet
and bands of velvet outlined the square
neck. From there the folds of silk fell to
the feet of the wearer; but, 1t is sad to re-
late, she had pug nose.
Unluckiy, the American nose of monde
script shape didn't always suit the Greek
style OF dressing, but this did not seem
TO discourage one whit those who loved to
wear the ancient styles. There were GER
tain anachronisms of dress also in those
not distant days, for high-heeled slippers
were worn, and no real Grecian maiden of
proper pride in the olden times would have
thought of crippling herself so.
By a gradual descent we have now
reached the colonial period. 1t is obvious
that this has been brought about by the
influx of the revolutionary novels with
which we have been blessed within the last
five years. The colonial styles show them
selves chiefly in shoes, hats and wells. The
former. with their broad tongues buckles
and ''clumpy heels, might have been worn
by Martha Washington herself WHY any,
thing as ugly as this heel should have been
resurrected in the present common sense
period no one seems TO be able to explain.
The French heel, if impractical, is grace
full in its curves and beautiful in its general
aspect; the colonial heel is awkward and
clumsy. 1t isn't easy to walk on so 1t hasn [
even the virtue of comfort.
The Bo-Peep hat is recrudescence II was
first worn in the days of Marie Antoinette.
but II is pretty style, so who cares?
AS for the loose, flying veil of the day,
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21
CONCERNING THE SMITHS.
Where They Are Something Is Always
Doing.
Philadelphia Inquirer.


Philadelphia Inquirer.
In one of his occasional poems good old
DR.. Holmes spoke of a claSSmate as one
whom fate tried to conceal by naming him
Smith. 1t sounds trite, but ii is not correct
The Smiths are never concealed. They are
always in the open. They are found in the
pulpit, on the bench, in politics, business
and everywhere else.
The Peapac Smiths, of New Jersey. have
just had their annual gathering, and nearly
other In honoring the name that is, per-
haps. more widely distributed than any
other in that branch of humanity that
speaks the various forms of Teutonic Ian
guage Even in Scotland, there are more
Smiths than followers of any of the clans
In this city there are enough to fill twenty
six pages of the directory in closely printed
double columns, not counting the Smythes,
the Smithes or the Smyths and other va
Rants of the good old name.
The multitude of the Smiths is not re-
markable. The name arose at time when
a mans calling was added to his Christian
name to differentiate him from others of
the same name. The smith has even been
held in honor from the days of Tubal Cain
to Carnegie. The worker in metals was
a man OF skill and in great demand, prin-
cipally, we regret to say, until recent times,
because he could make armor and swords.
When the Romans or Saracens had the
finest swords in the world they had the
poorest agricultural implements War be-
ing the natural state of man, it was essen
tian that he be equipped, and so the Smiths
thrived from time immemorial.
Smith. as remarked, is Teutonic word
You find it among the Germans, the Scan
dinavians and Anglo-Saxons. Some philol-
ogists claim 1T is derived from a Greek word
meaning knife. but after a diligent perusal
Of Athenian and Lacedemonian literature
we fail to find hero named Smith, and
we must beg leave to differ from the
learned book worms Wherever there have
been Smiths there has been something doing
that has been recorded. The smiths were
in Rome but not the Smiths.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21
What Not to Drink.
Harper's Weekly.

When the French people, who are sup
posed to know more than any Others about
food and drink-especially the latter-begin
to decry certain popular beverages ii Is
time for US to take a leaf from the Gallo
book and make 1T our own, for q very large
class of Americans. that drinks much,
though 1t contains few drunkards, con-
sumes an immense quantity of stfmulants
and appetizers with French names.
The French Academy of Medicine has ad-
vised the government to prohibit by law
the sale of absinthe, anisette, vermouth
and Chartreuse, as well as gin and all
classes of ''bitters." Alcohol has been the
busbear of previous opponents of the drink
habit but the academy finds more danger
ous constituents than alcohol in the COM
pounds named and in some others
IT charges the various "bitters," which
are the basis of all cocktails" and many
Temperance drinks so called with
abounding in serious menaces to health:
the essential principle of absinthe and ver-
mouth. one OF other of which Is used in al
most every ''pick-me-up," with being
poisonous stomachic irritant; anisette, sup
posedly a mild cordial, for 1t never goes
to the head" with containing an essence
which by inhalation can suspend physical
animation; while Chartreuse, long prepared
only by religious brotherhood, and sup
posedly still compounded according to the
original formula. is said by the academy
to be very poisonous, and TO contain thir-
teen ingredients that are dangerous to
health.
Such an indictment from such a source
is far more affrighting than anything the
prohibitionists have told us about alcohol.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21
THE RUSSIAN JEW.
These Immigrants Readily Absorb and
AssimiIate New Ideas.

Maurice Fishberg. in Review of Reviews.
To dispel an erroneous inference, we must
emphasize that the stunted appearance OF
the Jew by no means incapacitates him
from meeting the usual contingencies OF
everyday life. AS has been shown by
Herbert Spencer, tall and muscular men,
who can lift great weights. jump great
heights or run great distances, are not
usually the ones who are fitted to with
stand the strain of modern life or to do
hard work under unfavorable conditions.
In the case of the Jew, We may observe the
energy he lacks in his muscles is chiefly
adapting him to withstand the hazards of
modern civilization, when brute force is of
rather secondary importance.
Arriving at New York. the Russian Jew
finds himself handicapped to greater ex-
tent than immigrants of other nationali-
ties Besides the lack OF the English lam
guage, he also finds all the conditions diff
ferent from those under which he was
reared In his native country. 1t must be
recalled that the industrial development of
Russia, particularly the fifteen govern
ments of the Pale" is at least fifty years
behind that of the United States. Amy trade
that he may have spent years in acquiring
he must learn over again. according to
American methods. The only useful quail
fication Russian immigrant brings over
with him to the United States is his adapt
ability This he has acquired during con-
stant migrations for the last 1000 years,
bringing him In contact with all peoples
and their civilizations. and rendering his
organism pliable. This power of easy
adaptation to new environment is pc
culiar to the Jews to such an extent that
scientists are inclined to consider them
cosmopolitan people, who can live and
prosper in all continents, In all climates
and under any environment Another char
acteristic of the Jewish immigrant is his
readiness to absorb and assimilata new
ideas, new sentiments, new conceptions of
life, and in the course of one or two genera
tions the descendants of that uncouth Rus
Cfo
modes of life and activity, and are no more
to be distinguished from the surrounding
population. 1t is all due to his ready re-
sponse to new environment and new spirit
of the time.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21
THAT "PREHIsToRIC'' MAN.


Topeka Letter in Kansas City Journal.
1 know all about that prehistoric man"
dug up over at Lansing. Were it not that
1 have no desire to injure the feelings of
his loving relatives, who are highly re-
spectacle and much respected people.
could, ty going to the records or the
United States Circuit Court, give his name.
He was a remarkably large man, with
beard even PETER would have envied. He
was charged with passing counterfeit mon
ey. and his defense sounded quite reasona-
ble-so reasonable that many of us who
heard the case tried TO believe 1t.
He claimed that he was selling a bank
note detector; that upon coming TO a town
he would visit stores and even banks and
work off counterfeit bills, and later would
call on the victims and tell them he had
given them counterfeit money. The bills
would be identified by him, and he would
then point out the evidences that they were
counterfeit In this way he would sell his
book and make his money. But in Wyan-
dotte (now Kansas City, Kan;l he was ar.
rested while operating the preliminary part
of his scheme, and before he had chance
to go around and redeem his counterfeits
and sell his books. He was convicted.
Mr. Justice Miller did not believe his
story altogether, and said it very
dangerous story anyhow, and refused him
a new trial and sent him to the peni-
tentiary This was in 1871, or thereabouts.
The man was a man of culture and was
highly connected
During the administration of Governor
Osborn the prisoner died; but upon his
born, who was visiting the penitentiary,
and begged so hard to be buried in some
unmarked spot outside the prison walls that
Governor Osborn, who was kind-hearted
man, not only promised to heed the dying
mans request, but personally looked after
the fulflment of his promise.
Consent was obtained of the owner of the
land upon which the body has been discov-
cred, and one night, in the presence of the
warden, the owner of the land, Governor
Osborn and Hon. Thomas Moonlight, all of
whom are now. unfortunately deceased, the
body was inferred deep in an old aban-
doned abortive coal shaft and next day the
grave was plowed over and hidden
This story can be in part vouched for by
A. II. Case, whose partner at that time,
Captain McDougal, defended the man, and
l think by Webb Wilder, Ex-Governor Nor
rill ex-senator John Martin, Judge James
Nj. Spencer, of Los Angeles, Cal, who at
tended the trial; Hon. H. w Ide, then OF
Leavenworth, now in the Philippines; Hon.
F. P Baker, who conducted the Topeka
Daily Commonwealth at that time, and. If
/ mistake not, by Hon. Samuel l.. Howe
and Major William B. Sims, who knew
Governor Osborn quite we'll, and must have
heard this story from his lips.
When saw the man he was about thirty
five years old. If he is sc, 900 thousand years
old now he must have lived fast life
since he died.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21
KINDLY TREATMENT,
And How 1t Is Accorded the Public
by the Newspapers.
st. Louis Republic.

st. Louis Republic.
TT sounds thunderin' sight bigger"
Ledger, ito say that Mr.. So-and-So ac-
cepted a position than to say he nearly
ran his legs off and told forty lies to get
it,"
In this reflection is truth of a kind so
homely that it cannot fail to approve it
self to the average man. When we come
TO think of 1t, this trick of tactful ex-
preston is a great thing in tine world. 1t
is more largely instrumental in the max
ing of regulations than any other one in
huence, perhaps; especially In the case of
those who are not really forceful persons,
but who have the knack of keeping them
selves in the public eye by conventional
methods.
In no department of the worlds work
does this truth more vividly impress itself
upon the observant mind than in that of
the daily newspaper, which is commonly
believed to be cynical sort of institution,
wearied of life's humbugs and disposed to
disillusiOnment. Yet it is the forbearing
courtesy Of the daily newspaper which is
peculiarly and logically responsible for
making the reputation of thousands who
would otherwise have lived unknown and,
justly or unjustly, obscure.
This further truth is due to the fact of
the frequency with which personal men
ton of the most casual description Is
necessary and to the Solicitude with which
newspaper places every individual in the
best possible light before its readers. In
this polite treatment of the average citizen
by the average newspaper lies the secret
of the vast majority of established reputa-
tions in every community.
These thoughts are respectfully submit
ted to the attention Of that illogical class
so prone to the fallacy of abusing the
daily press for alleged cynicism ard indif-
ference to worthy achievement. A news
paper is not only invariably glad to ac-
claim such achievement, but .rrs, IL any
thing, on the side of kindly mention of the
most ordinary effort. The plain truth is
that the daily press Is good natured and
charitable beyond the usual run o. things.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21
London Lancet.

London Lancet.
we learn that his Majesty. the King. re-
ceived the offer from various wine mer-
chants and growers of the Bbrdeaux dis
trict of a thousand bottles Of cleret or more
if SO desired. The bottles were not to bear
any names of firms or owners of vineyards
and the gift was simply intended TO COM
memorats the coronation. Ii Is stated that
Lord Pembroke in his reply regretted that
claret was not used in the hospitals of this
country but that all the same he thanked
the wine growers who had made this gen.
erous offer. II may be true that claret Is
not used in British hospitals. but Is there
any reason why 1t should not be-any rea-
son so cogent as TO cause this excellent gift
Claret, by which we mean sound Bordeaux
such as this wine would have been. Is an
excellent and wholesome drink. and we
every point of view. that the generous and
kindly thought OF the Bordeaux grower
was not more appGootatod
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21

IL is nothing less than a modification Of the
curtain veil of revolutionary times. It's a
bit prettier. but the resemblance Is too
strong to be mistaken.
With a few exceptions this Is, however,
a period of moderate fashions. Our sleeves
show a happy medium; crinoline Is alb
horred; overturned gowns and hats not
fashionable, and the chignon never seen.
For this We must be thankful. though the
chances are II any of these fashions were
introduced. so sheep-like are we, that we
would adjust our ideas at once to think
them beautiful.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21
Mfser's Methods.

Baltimore Herald.
Fudge-Yes. Spinks has a splendid system
of economy.
Judge-How so
He goes to work and lays aside money
for something he doesn't need"
mo economy in thati
Isn't there? Well, by the time he has
the money saved he always finds out he
doesn't want the thing-and then the mon
ey's saved
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21

Beneath the roots OF tangled weeds, /,
Afar I'm country graveyards. lie
The men whose unrecorded deeds
Have stamped this Nations destiny.
We praise the present stock and man:
But have thought to praise
The strong, still. humble lives than ran
The deep-cut channels OF these days!
Beneath those tottering slabs of slate,
Whose tribute moss and mold efface,
Sleeps the calm dust that made US great,
The true substratum OF our race.
-James Buckham- n Munsey's.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21

will not be settled as long they prevail.
Again. a homestead of eighty acres, which
the law allows. is not large enough. Three
hundred and twenty acres would be more
in harmony with conditions, which require
considerable pasture lands to make farming
q
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21

Visitor to Insane Asylum-Who Is that
poor fellow with the wild. staring eyes?
He seems to be trying to hide something
under his coat
Keeper-He imagines he's caught in the
rain. and he's trying to keep his Panama
from getting wet
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21

Atchison Globe
When a man dies who has buried a wife
there Is always a curiosity TO know If his
wife will bury him beside his first wife or
save him for herself.