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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-06-25
AT SIOUX FALLS.

Never in the history Of the north
west has so many entertainments and
so much amusement been crowded
into one week as will be found at the
Midsummer Festival which will be
held at Sioux Falls the week of June
2eth to July 4th. First and fore
most is the great Ferari Brothers
Mighty London Carnival Company
which travels in special train OF
seventeen cars and carries us high
salaried performers. The chief fea.
ture of the Ferari Brothers attraction
is TIE trained wild animal circus in
which seventy wild beasts are put
through marvellous acts by lady
trainers. Enoch, the human fish, is
another wonder. He eats, sleeps,
and drinks under water. The Moor
ish Palace of Mystery where queer,
quaint, wierd performances are CIV
en- is another striking attraction.
Pepper Original London Ghost
Show, travesty OF all Shakesperian
plays, both serious and comical, de-
picting what one would imagine a
ghost would do if such thing were
really possible. The Athenian cir
Gus is one OF the most entertaining at
fractions of the carnival. Then
there is Dollita, an interesting little
lady only Fl inches tall, who speaks
FIVE different languages. She is a
favorite with the ladies and little
Minnehaha, the Australian wild girl,
is one of the greatest curiosities that
has ever been exhibited. These are
lbut a few Of the startling attractions
OF the carnival.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-06-25

Besides the above there are five
free shows daily, among them being
Miss Murphy the educated monkey
balloonist, who ascends hundreds of
feet and drops to mother earth by
the aid of a parachute. Speedy, the
king Of the high divers, dives from a
tower 125 feet high into a tank OF
water but feet deep. The slide for
life by young lady is another open
air attraction. Special trains and
rates on roads. Consult local
agents.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-06-25
RAILROAD RuMBLES.

The first freight shipment out OF
Beresford was load of hogs.
There are over 700 men and 4OC
teams employed on the line between
here and CenterYille.
Fifty-six pound steel rails are being
used on the main line of the North
western, now building to Hurley.
r. A. Ashton, engineer in charge of
the track-layers, favored the Herald
with a call Sunday. He says that
seven days will be all the time requir.
ed to lay the track from the Center.
vile bridge to Hurley.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-06-25

II have been troubled for some
time with indigestion and sour stom-
ach, says Mrs. Sarah w. Curtis, OF
Lee, Mass, "and have been taking
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets which have helped me very
much so that now | can eat many
things that before | could not" Il
you have any trouble with your
stomach why not take these tablets
and get well1 For sale by H. !.
Piers drug store.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-06-25
A Liberal Education !.

The modern girls education is in.
complete unless she has learned:
To sew.
To cook.
To mend.
To be gentle.
To dress neatly.
To keep a secret.
To avoid idleness.
To be self-reliant.
To darn stockings.
To respect old age.
To make good bread.
To keep house tidy.
To be above gossipping.
To make home happy.
To control her temper.
To take care of the sick.
To take care OF the baby.
To sweep down cobwebs.
To read the very best books.
To take plenty of active exercise.
To keep clear of trashy literature.
To Delight hearted and heet-footec
When she has learned all this i
she does not grow wings and fly
away to a better land she will make
some lucky man a most excellent
wife.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-06-25

who is most interested in the well
fare of all the children. That must
be granted; if he is not, then it is
high time to look for some other
kind of work.
School men should be loyal to each
other, loyal to the patrons. and pa
irons should be loyal in return,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-06-25
Manila Hemp.


What is called Manila hemp is
the best cordage fiber known. It
is the chief export or money crop
of the Philippines. Furthermore
although efforts have been made
to produce it in the other East
Indies, it grows to perfection in
the American possessions only.
There are historical as we'll as
material reasons why Americans
should take a particular interest
III Manila hemp. American sail
ors first discovered its peculiar
merits and introduced it to the
world. American merchants we're
the first to deal in it largely.
The United States has always
been by far the largest consumer
of it.
The production of Manila hemp
is a comparatively modern indus
try. Prior to 1920 little was pro-
duced in the islands of which the
plant is a native. None was ex-
ported until 1925. The Ameri-
can whaling industry was then in
the height of its prosperity.
Yankee whalers, ever alert for
Improvements, soon discovered
that this new oriental fiber made
the lightest and strongest har-
poon lines.
Until 1880 the whole export
and import trade of the Philip
pines, with one exception, was in
the hands of aSpanish monopoly.
The exception was an American
firm which bad secured a special
concession from the Spanish goy-
ernment, chiefly for dealing in
Manil hemp.
Although the plant that pro-
duces this fiber grows wild in the
Philippines and requires practlc-
ALLY no cultivation, and although
there are millions of acres upon
which it might be planted, Manila
hempis still about the highest
priced of cordage fbers.
The reason is that for seventy
five years there has been practic-
ally no Improvement iu the
method of separating the fiber
from the surrounding pulp. The
best fiber is still produced, as in
1925, by drawing the stalks un-
der smooth edged knife pressed
down on a block of wood. By
using saw-edged knife this pro-
cess may be expedited, but the
fiber is so injured that the insu-
lar government is thinking of
prohibiting such knives and en-
ploying inspectors to see that
none are used.
1t remains for the Yankee in
ventor to supplement the work of
the Yankee sailor and the Yankee
merchant for and with Manila
hemp by devising machine that
will do what is now done by hand
labor-get the fiber out of the
pulp without injuring it.
Certainly it would seem that
the people who produced the in
ventor who revolution1zed the
cotton industry, and changed cot
ton fabrics from articles of lux
to the most widely worn of tex
tiles, ought to be able to produce
an inventor who would solve the
problem of Manila hemp.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
"LOOP THE LOOP"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-06-25
Low Priced LAND
A n d -
Free Government HOllleSteadS
FERTILE NORTH DAKOTA.

Years ago the general government gave the Northern
Pacific railroad every alternate section Of land for so miles
each side of the track This land we are now selling
between the James and Missouri rivers the county o
gam near Napoleon the county seat Rich black soil with
clay subso fine grass the pures water creeks springs
lakes, and wells OF moderate depth Immense crops of
wheat flax oats and barley fair crops Of This
is selling at from S6 to IS acre. according to quality
We can sell you good quarter if you once and
locate you on free government homestead adjoining it.
thus giving you half section of choice price
of one quarter.
TERMS AND WHAT IT COSTS.
The land is about 24O miles northwest of Hurley South
Dakota and is the line Of the $500 railroad and
is the choicest and most productive in The
50 per cash down, which be paid when land
taken We pay your fare from Hurley to the land and
return by applying the railroad agents receipt the price
of the land. For the past two years land adjoining this
has produced 20 bushels of wheat the u
to IA bushels of flax One crop enough to more than
pay for the land Your homestead right is worth 81 OOO
Coal is 81 so per ton
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-06-25

From the Herald Of June as, 1883,
James Stout is wrestling with the
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-06-25

The modern girls education is in
complete unless she has learned:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-15
DRESSMAKING

The Dressmaking Departments all
resume work tomorrow. Miss Han
sen and Miss McGaffin have returned
from New York and will be pleased
to show their patrons correct models
for spring frocks, together with very
choice array of exclusive dress pat
terms and garnitures.
MIR. Mcfarland has some espe-
cially attractive models for tailored
gowns from Vienna and London and,
as usual, will show the very latest and
most effective cloths of our own i'm
portation.
We, are pleased to announce the
engagement of Miss Trone, who will
open a dressmaking department on
our sixth floor for the production Of
popular-priced gowns and shirtwaists.
All of these departments will be
equipped with a thoroughly compe-
tent corps of work people and the
standard in every garment produced
will be up to that set by this firm in
former years.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11
-
A Nice Little Task.

An expert mathematician once set
himself the nice little task Of calculat
Ing the number of different ways in
which fifty-two cards Of pack can be
distributed among four players. thlr-
teen to each, taking every possible COM
hination and Formulation.
II would be no use to present the
answer here In long row OF figures,
for no one can realize to himself what
such numerical array really conveys
nor would II be much better to play
with the words billions and trillions,
seeing that these are mere words and
nothing more 10 most Of us, but the
following illustration is more likely to
be appreciated by the ordinary reader,
II the entire population Of the earth
were to deal the cards incessantly day
and night for 1OO,OO0,OOO years, at the
rate Of n deal by each person n minute,
shey would not have exhausted the ono
hundrdthousandth part of the nun,
Der Of essentially different ways In
rhich the cards can he 40 distributed
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11
when n Capucbin Dies.

Death In the eyes of the Capuchin
monks II chiefly n terrible reminder Of
the yanIties Of fhe flesh Their GENE.
terry In Rome IL cellar whose walls
and ceiling are covered with the bones
OF their predecessors. Skulls. ribs thigh
bones arI knucklcs are arranged In
grotesque designs. and even the chan
delier Is constructed Of parts of skele-
tons.
When Cnpuchin dies he Is buried In
loose dirt without n coffin. A. there Is
room for only forty bodies In this earth,
which was brought from the Holy
Land, the body that has lain In 1t lon
gest IN dug up, the skeleton Is cleaned,
garmcntcd I'm monklsh garb and placed
In niche. To make room the oldest
skeleton In niche IL dismcmbercd. md
its various bones are added To complete
some wall design.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11
The UnsOphjsttcated NoujIk

"Thc Russian mouJik," says n man
who Inns seen life I'm the land of the
car, zig naive fellow. lie Is some
thing like a boy and something like an
Irishman. He Is, IA rule, very sim
pie. very kind.
"A typical mouJlk entered one day n
railroad station. He approached the
agent and asked when certain train
would leave for certain place. The
agent told him distinctly, and. seem
ing satisfied, le departed. But n mo-
mcnt later he was back again, and
again he asked the agent the same
question.
"'Why,' the agent exclaimed, 4 told
you that only minute ago.
"You did, truly the moujik an
swcrcd. But it isn't myself that wants
to know this time. It's my mate out
side"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11
An Old Time Ex plosion.

An old carOnicler tells a curious story
)f m explosion which occurred In Lon
don Jan. 4. 1910. A ship chandler. II
seems, ''al'out OF the clock at night.
being busy In his shop about barrel
Ing mp OF gunpowder. II took fire and
In the twlnkling Of an eye blew MP
not only That. but all tho houses there
about to the number Of fifty or sixty.
The number Of persons destroyed by
this blow could never bc known, for the
next house but one was the Rose tav-
crn. n house never INT that time Of
nightD but full Of company. And In
three or four days, after digging. they
continually found heads, arms, legs.
etc" The most interesting part Of the
account comes further on:
"In the digging they found the mis-
tress OF the hOnse OF the Rose tavern
sitting I'm hor bar and ono OF the draw
srs standing by the bars side, with a
pot In his hand, only stifcd by dust and
smoke, their bodies being preserved
ing across one upon another. There
was also found upon the upper leads Of
Barking church n young child lying In
n cradle ns newly laid In ls-d, neither
child nor cradle having the lcnst sign
OF fire or other hurt n Wa never
known whose child II was, 40 thnt one
Of the parish kept II for memorial
for In the year 1906 I saw the child,
grown 10 be- then n proper maiden"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11

The pinnets exercise as certain an In
nuence upon each other as do two
pieces Of wood noa'ine upon water In
a basin. As they ny through their pre-
scribed orbits and approach or travel
from each other they are observed 10
deyiate from the course which they
must have pursued but for the incrras Sc
or the decrease Of some influence Of at-
traction.
by making observations Of this tend
tncy at various times and by compar
Ing a number Of results II IL possible 10
weigh accurately any planet, however
vast and however distant.
All such calculations arc founded
upon the law Of universal grnvitation
The mass Of n planet attracts other
masses In the solar system. 40 that Ger
tain movements rcSu.. We can OBJ
serve the character OF these movements
with our telescopes md ascertain their
amount. and 30 from our measure
ments and estimates we can calculate
the mass and weight Of the planet by
which such movements have been pro-
duced
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11
ENGINE ROOM HEROES.
Wonderful and Periious Feats That
Are Performed at Sen

Nobody who has not been 10 sea can
imagine all the things that cnn happen
TO ships machinery nor properly esti-
mate the cleverness md ingenuity used
up I'm repairs. The youth who leaves
his shop full OF wonderful and costly
machines has another complete educa-
ton waiting for him at sea In the won
derful things that can be accomplished
In time with plain. ordinary hammer
and chiscl, n rather wornout file and Il
great deal of ingenuity. should like
to have been aboard that steamer dis.
abled in the Red sea where they took n
boat davit, Strengthened II ont I'm n
rivct forge made new boiler feed
pump piston rod out of II and went on
again, or, better still, on the ship that
lost n propeller and the end of her tail
shaft Oft the west coast OF Africn. 10
replace which they were obliged to
move her cargo, pump her forward
compartments full 10 sink her bow and
raise her stern out of water. drag the
broken shaft, several tons I'm weight.
out through the long alley (too low and
crnmpcd TO stand mp i'm, plug mp tho
hole behind 1t, drag In the spare shaft
and couple II up and lower the new
propeller down over the stern, al
while she kicked and wallowed in
heavy sen, and finally had to lower the
chief engineer over after the propeller,
where he sat tied to flimsy staging
making all fast and secure while the
vessel jounced him up and down I'm the
sea till he bled at the nose and ears
and the crew kept AYfe sharks Mt bay
with pistols and boat hooks To prevent
them from eating him up before hc fin
lshcd the job. That wns seventy-two
hours In which the young and aspiring
engineer might learn host OF valuable
and Interesting things BENJAMIN
Brooks I'm SCribner's.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11

The coyote has small chance for life.
II IL hunted upon all occasions md by
devious ana sundry methods. As the
cowboy careers along the plains ne
pops at II with his six shooter. The
wise ranchman has n shotgun or rife
hanging in convenient place await
ing the appearance Of coyote near
the ranch house. The hunter OF more
choice game never misses shot at
coyote. while there are professionals
who DO little else but pursue n from
one years end TO another. Besides,
there are organized hunts inaugurated
In settled communities for both pleas
ure and profit when n large scope OF
the country IL swept Glenn and the coy
otcs fnIling into the meshcs OF the hunt
nrc dispatched and their skins tanned
for rugs and doormats. Then animals
are bnIted with poisoned meat. This
method Of destruction IL not only used
by ranchmcn, but by persons who
make n business Of killing coyotes for
"A living. Kansas city Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11
French Decorations.

The popular impression Is that the
Legion Of Honor IL the only French
decoration, but that Is not at all the
cnsc France possesses orders quite as
though the oldest OF them, st. Esprit.
St Michel. 81. Louis and st. Hubert,
dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries, nre no longer conferred.
Since the Legion OF Honor. which was
founded in 1902 by the first consul and
modified by statute in 1916 and 1882,
there have been established no fewer
than seven decorations. The Legion is
the only honor that can he bestowed on
foreigners.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11
The Very First Lightning Rod.

Almost everybody believes that
Franklin was the Inventor OF the light
ming rod, and In this one particular
nearly everybody Is mistaken. The
first lightning conductor was not in
vented by the genius who Is said to
have caught the lightning wild and
played with bolts OF thunder" but
by n poor Bohemian monk who lived
Mt SeuttenberE who erected his light
ming catcher on the palace OF the Gu
rator OF Preditz. Moravia, on June 10,
17J4. The name OF this inventive
monk wns Prohop Dilwisch. His mp
paratus wns composed OF a pole sur.
mounted by nm iron rod supporting
twelve curved branches and terminal
ing In as many metallic boxes filled
with Iron ore and inclosed with n
wooden box!ikc cover. This was trav.
crscd by twenty seven iron pointed
rods, the bases OF which were connect
ed with the ore boxes. This entire
system Of wires was united with the
earth by large chain.
The enemies OF Dllwisch, Jealous Of
his success. excited the peasants OF
the ncighborhood against him, claiming
that his invention was the cause of the
dry weather that was running their
crops. When the inventor laughed Mt
them and refused In remove II they
put him In prison and then destroyed
Als work.
NJ. Nielsen used triple pointed rod
years before Benjamin Franklin ever
thoaght of lightning rod.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11

W sFCSalSA, ana "
wonderfully successful In promptly curing
lame back, kidney. bladder. uric acid trou-
bles and Brigh,s Disease. which Is the wors,
form Of kidney trouble.
Or. kilmer's Swarp-Root Is not rec
smmendedfor everything bu, II you have kid
uey, liver or bladder trouble Il will be found
just the remciy~ou Reed. l,has been tested
IN so many ways, in hospital work. in private
practice, among the helpless too poor TO pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers OF this paper
who have not already tried u. may have q
sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book
telling more about Swanp-Roo, and how 10
find out hyou have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
Ssmd S.isi you4 ,o this sJsIs., ssgss and ID -ES~
DR.. kilmer & Co., ,Bing- 7Si -
hamion. N. Y. The slsl1nl
regular fifty cen, and Home os s-smp Rccs
dollar Sizes are sold BY all good druggists
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11
No Good 90 the Landlord.

The minister and the landlord wore
talking matters over about a person
who wished to become one OF the lat
tcr'S tenants
Morally he is sound, but financially
ne is weak" said the minister.
"Ah. wCcl" replied the factor, 'iu
that case he's a guild enough sitter for
you, but no for me-" And the nego-
tiations were declared "ofr."-Iondon
Telegraph
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11
SIAM ESE BELIEFS.
Some Pecu4iaP Notions of Very
superstftious People.


Tho Slamese are a very supcrstltlous
people," says Ernest Young. author Of
the Kingdom OF the Yellow Rule"
They have many peculiar explana-
tions Of natural phenomena. Thunder.
for instance, f. the sky crying They
believe that In the realms above Is a
horrible giant. whose wife has n violent
and uncertain temper. When they quar-
rel the echo Of his voice comes I'm long,
rolling notes from the clouds. If he is
very angry he throws his hatchet nj
his unruiy spouse. and when this pom
derous weapon strikes tie floor OF heav.
en- the thunderbolt falls through and
comes 10 earth.
Failing stars are accounted for by
the fact that the angels occasionally
indulge In torch throwing at one an.
other. When these same beings all In
sist upon getting into the bath at once
the water splashes over the side. and II
rains. The winds that sigh I'm the
night are the voices OF babies that
have lost their way I'm their travels to
the land beyond the grave.
"When Sinmesc dies he IL not buried.
but his corpse, fully dressed and then
wrapped in winding sheet, Is placed
In sitting posture In Il copper urn. A
tube Is placed In his mouth, and
through this n mixture OF quicksilver
and honey IL poured into the body. In
this way 1t Is kept for a long time, Of
ten for years. Eventually II Is burned.
and the ashes nre carefully preserved.
The souls Of those whose bones mt least
are not burned are supposed to become
slaves OF n horrid taskmaster with n
head like dog. human body and the
temper OF a flend. He sits for all time
with his feet In the fires OF hell, and it
IL the duty OF his slaves to keep these
fires from growing too hot. To do this
they must carry water In open wicker
baskets through all eternity"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11
COurting Under Difficulties.

Engaged lovers In the Canary islands
find II difficult to exchange sweet con
fidenccs, as the young man Is not nj.
lowed TO visit his haucec I'm her home.
Mt the window, must talk To her from
the street. Sometimes her window Is
perhaps ten or twelve feet above the
road. Therefore he must talk loudly,
and very often members of the girls
fnmlly are nnsccn listcncrs.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11
That Hurried Him.

MarllCy Yes, did lend him $40
Ncwitt-Wcll, | suppose he'll pay you
back some day. but YOU can't make
him hurry.
MarNcy-I don't know about that.
The mere sight Of me walking along
the street has bad that effect upon him
several times lately. - Philadelphia
Press
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11

NEXT Monday is the first day of
school in Providence for the fall
term. Under the Small regime, il is
hoped the pupils will learn the value
of little things.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11

AGUGNALDo, hasit is said, become
convinced that the United States rule
is what his country needs and he
now advises his countrymen to quit
gambling and go to work.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11
Her View ~ To-

"Pshnw" she exc med disgustedly
as she came to a., most interesting
part only 10 read Ito be continued" II
don't sec why they call these things
continued stories."
"No" queried her husband politely.
"No: they should be called 'discontin-
ued stories '"-Exchange.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-09-11
Her Co0rac I,nuuh.

Gcorge-You do not call on Miss
Rosebud nowI
Jack No; | got dlsgustcd. She has
such coarse laugh.
George never noticed that.
.Iack-You would IL you'd been with.
In hearing when proposed to her