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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08
Boys Who Play Ball ON Sunday.

The bishop coadjutor of Pennsylva-
mia, Alexander Mackay-Smith, was on
the way one Sunday morning from the
Bryn Mawr railroad station to the
chapel of Bryn Mawr college. where he
was to preach.
AS he drove in the hired station wag-
on along the country road he saw ap-
preaching on foot a little boy with q
ball and bat and a c~atcher's mask.
The bishop caused his carriage to pull
up. Little boy" he said. leaning out,
little boy"
"Sir," returned the lad.
"Do you know where little boys 60
who play ball on SundayY
Eyes. SIR" the other answered. ''They
go to Heston's lot. over there behind
the dam."-New York Tribune.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08

In view of the establishment of
the Department of Commerce
and Labor, it may be interesting
to note that the internal
commerce of the United States
last year has been estimated by
the Government statistician at
$40, 900. O0O, 600. Fifty years agoit
was only $4,000, 600, 900. The
manufactures of the United
States are nearly double those
OF Great Britain and ireland,
and about equal to those of
France, Germany and Russia
combined.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08
FUR TRAPPE RS.
The Kind of Life They Lead Up In
the Wilds Of Canada

"You admire furs," commented an
old trapper as he sat c%ontentedly smok-
ing his pipe. "You should go where we
get them. All, that is the life-pure
air. plain, wholesome food and then
after the seasons work that brigade Of
fur loaded canoes going off down the
lakes. Every canoe Is loaded, you
know, almost to the gunwale, and they
string out one behind the other, a long
line of them. They usually start out
early in the morning and paddle, pad
die, paddle, hour after hour down this
stream, through that lake and SO into
civilization.
But they don't forget to eat-oh, no.!
About noon they go ashore. They
'snub' the canoes to Overhanging trees
and hunt around for a good fat rock
on which to start their fire. But those
fellows don't take In hour for lunch
o n Time is too valuable to them.
They take adrink Of tea, a bite of pork.
That is about all. Then they are off
again. The men spell each other ut the
paddles, and occasionally the canoes
are punched by steersmen for a good
smoke.
"When night comes, the brigade goes
ashore and pitches it's camp. Tents are
put up, campfres lighted and the sup
per prepared, great clouds of black flies
and mosquitoes lowering around. Some
Of the men busy themselves preparing
the great brown flapjacks for the next
day, while others dry their m%occasins
or get their blankets ready to bunk in.
Perhaps a canoe has to be patched the
next morning before the start a be
made.
"Oh, it is q great life up there in the
wilds Of Canada, where they get the
furs. You should try it."-New York
Tribune.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08
A Large Order.

The proprietor Of a certain restau.
rant had leased the reverse side of
his bill of fare to a carriage manufac.
turer. who prints advertisements there
The other day a customer in a great
hurry ran into the restaurant. sat at a
table and was handed a bill wrong side
up by the flurried waiter.
The customer put on his pince-nez,
curled his mustache with his left hand
and shouted in a voice of thunder:
Bring me a fly. a landau. two victo-
rias and a dogcart! Got any wheelbar-
rows?"
The waiter fed.-LOndon Answers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08
CITY OFFICERS.

Mayor-Thomas L. Bouck.
Aldermen First Ward-C. W. Martens and
W. w. Reeve.
Aldermen Second Ward-J. 8. Farley, George
Empeon.
Aldermen Third Ward-E. johnson, E. w.
Phelan.
Treasurer-F. A, Croal.
Auditor-E. P. Dore.
AttOrney-Geo. s. Rix.
Assessor-H. J. Benedict.
MarshAl-Charles Sutclide.
Night Watchman-James s. Dore.
Regular meetings Of city council held on the
1rst Monday of each month.
Board OF Education-Henry Schafer, president,
C. A. Erlandson, E. Emanuel.J j. d. Bnrkbardt,
Chas. Cannon, Z. p. Dore. William Jennings,
8. s. Lockhart, secretary. Regular meeting last
Friday OF each month.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08
The United States Department

The United States Department
of Agriculture has several
experts engaged in breeding
plants for special purposes, both
with seeds and bud variations.
Tneyare breeding corn especially
rich in protein for feeding horses
as q substitute for oats, and corn
containing no protein for starch
makers, and both are of richer
contents and made much more
productive by this process.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08

"Yes. Johnnie. what is it?"
"Ma. isn't pa half bright"
"Why. what makes you ask such a
question:"
"Cause l heard Mr.. Highball say
that II pa was half bright he would
" have married you"
"Mr. Highball is a bad man. John
ME. Your papa is one of the brightest
men this country ever produced."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08

There are two sides to the Sim
migration problem" While some
people in America are rather
too sweepingly deploring record
breaking day at Ellis Island the
Norwegian government is sad
because of the departure of from
10000 to 40. 600 sturdy indus.
trious people every year. They
all come here.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08

When the Panama canal treaty
negotiations are completed and
the property of the Panama
company is acquired, the United
States will become the owner of
q railroad about fifty miles long
estimated to be worth 81, 600, 900.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08

Because of his extensive know
ledge regarding snakes, Ichabod
Crandall Of Pike county, Pennsyl-
vania, has been engaged to go to
the Philippines and capture
specimens of all kinds of snakes
in the islands for the United
States government museum at
Washington.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08

The original Declaration of
Independence is to be seen no
more An order has peen issued
that henceforth the historic
manuscript shall be kept under
lock and key in a fire proof safe.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08

County Judges. 8. LOckhart.
County Auditor-Geo. II. Pinckney.
Register Of Deeds-E. P. BrockmaE.
County Treasurer-Nils FOrsberg.
Sheriff.. X. Crawford.
Clerk Of C0urts-W. F. Rabbit.
States Attorney-Thad l.. Fuller.
County Superintendent-Grant Riggle.
6urveyor-W. 6. CrOwl.
COrOner-W. A. Kriese..
County COmmissi0ners-First District. Ben
Moser; Second District John Erickson; Third
Julius Fenner
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08

The largest government farm
is in Ellis county, Kansas. It
consists of $500 acres, 1000 of
which comprise the new expert
ment station.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08
For Over Sixty Years.

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING
SYRUP has been used for CHI
dren teething. It soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays
all pain, cures wind collie, and is
the best remedy for Diarrhoea.
Twenty-fv i've cents a bottle.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08

A telephone message received
yesterday afternoon announced
the disagreement of the jury in
the trial of ex- mayor Ames at
Minneapolis.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08
Their Opposite Roles.

"you say that Scrabb:ts and you
played IL opposite roles on the night
he ran away with the box Office re-
ceipts. How was that?"
while | was appearing he was dis
appearing. Baltimore Herald.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08

Trouble. like cayenne pepper. is not
very agreeable in itself. but it gives
7est to other things.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-08

The insanity plea set up by ex-
mayor Ames of Minneapolis,
is but another form of pleading
guilty.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
skull.

When Gambetta died the medical au.
thorities requested DR.. Laborde, the
distinguished physician, to examine his
brain, and, going to Vile d'Avray,
where the body lay, he began work as
soon as possible. First he opened the
skull and then, removing the brain,
laid it on a napkin and took it to his
own house, where, for the purpose Of
preserving it, he placed 1t In a solution
of sulphate of zinc.
Unfortunately before doing SO he had
forgotten to weigh 1t, and when he took
1t out Of the solution next day he found
that a portion of it had been dissolved
and that what remained Of the brainio of
the famous statesman weighed only
700 grams, which is about the wei&a
of an idiots brain.
DR.. Laborde. it is said, never forgava
himself for making this biunder.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
The Green Sea.

There is nc sen to which the name
green sea is applied in topography. but
The term is used as descriptive of parts
OF the ocean with appropriate signih-
canoe.
Where the gulf stream Is detected
from Newfoundland toward the Azores
Is the Sargasso sea, the surface OF
which is a mass Of floating seaweed.
It's popular name among sailors Is the
Green sea nowadays. and in earlier
times it was noticed with establishment
by Columbus and his sailors. while it's
weed clad waters were called by others
the seaweed meadows.
A part of the Persian gulf Is also
known by this name on account Of a
remarkable strip of wildly green wa
Ter which is seen along the Arabian
coast.
Many other large tracts of the ocean
assume this distinctive tint, which may
ne Que either to the presence of multi
tudes of microscopic plants or living
atoms or to the depth or density or
sadness Of the water itself.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
A Surgical Operation.

rs always dangerous-do not submit
to the surgeons knife until you have
tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. 1t
will cure when everything else fails
it has done this in thousands OF cases.
Here is one of them: I suffered from
bleeding and %protruding piles for
twenty years. Was treated by differ
ent specialists and used many rene
dies. but obtained no relief until I
used DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
Two boxes of this salve cured me
eighteen months ago and I have not
had a touch Of the piles since.-H.
A. Tisdale, Summerton. S. 9. For
blind, bleeding, itching and protrud-
ing piles no remedy equals DeWitt's
Witch Hazel salye. Sold BY Z. o.
Gale.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
Very Like Reason,

The crows and other birds that carry
shellfsh high in the air and then let
them drop upon the rocks to break the
shell show something very like reason
or a knowledge Of the relation of cause
and effect. Froude tells Of some spe-
cies of bird that he saw in South Al
RIGA flying amid the swarm Of migrat-
ing locusts and clipping off the wings
Of the insects so that they would drop
to the earth, where the birds could de-
your them at their leisure. Our squir-
rels will cut off the chestnut burs be-
fore they have opened, allowing them
to fall to the ground, where, as they
seem to know, the burs oon dry open,
Feed a Gagged COO soiled food-a piece
Of bread or meat rolled on the ground
and before he eats it he will put 1t in
his dish Of water and wash It off,
John Burroughs in Century. 'f
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
Fiction In History.

Thomas Carlyle in his history Of the
French revolution gives a description
Of a naval battle June 1, 1894, of
Brest between Villaret-Joyeuse, In
command Of the French feet, and Ad-
miral Howe, in which he wildly de
picted the sinking of the Vengeur.
These are the concluding sentences:
40, all flags, streamers, jacks, every
rag Of ~trtcolor that will yet run on
rope flies rustling aloft; the whole crew
crowds to the upper deck, and with
universal, soul maddening yell shouts,
Vive la republique! sinking, sinking.
She staggers, she lurches, her last
drunk whirl. Ocean yawns abysmal;
down rushes the Vengeur, carrying
Vive Ia republique! along with her,
unconquerable, into eternity"
Rear Admiral Grif1ths, at the time q
lieutenant on board the Culloden,
wrote to a newspaper to show that
Carlyle's account had no foundation in
fact. After investigation Carlyle ad.
mitted that not a word Of this thrilling
story was true except that the Vengeur
sank.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
/. Doesn't Appreciate Art.

Doesn't Appreciate Art.
The sculpture representing Kansas
in a group at the st. Louis exposition
is q half nude women with one arm
thrown owe the neck of a bull. '"The
woman" comments that high art critic,
the Atchison Globe, has no clothes on
except a drapery across her knees and
a handkerchief wound around her fore
head. The former might be a bath
robe, but the latter looks as though
she had just finished busting and sat
down to rest. But she has a sickle in
one hand, and Kansas women don't
use sickles to dust with. And there is
the bull. Bulls are not that tame. If it
had been a COW on her feet, with
milking bucket under her, it would
have been more like. The woman's
feet are bare except for a pair Of san
dals. Our women don't hang around
fierce bulls in such attire, but, on the
contrary, run from them.
III the artist insists upon a bull, then
be should have a full dressed woman
holding up her skirts and running for
dear life for a fence.
"We don't understand art. We are
glad when we see what is to represent
Kansas that we don't."e
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
A Rebel wife.

Transforming Thespians who occa.
sionally have to dodge substantial ex-
pressions Of displeasure Of audiences,
will sympathize with the claim OF a
veteran who recently reached the PEN
sion bureau. 1t is a storySof domestic
infelicity and opens up a field Of venge-
ance for those who keep in touch with.
poultry products. The claim is made
In a letter that indicates a lack Of IA.
miliarity with the three Rs, and it
contains this brief, succinct PROPOSE
ton from the battle SCARED servitor Of
his country:
II got blood poison by beinge HIT
with a hens eg wen I cam bak from the
frunt. The eg was not good wen you
send my penshun / want the Deed
made sos my wife can't get none Of tt
she throde the eg. She war a rebel
Washington Cor. New York Tribune.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
NEW SHORT STORIES
Change Of Front.

An interesting story. is recalled Of a
newspaper correspondent who came to
Washington from Pittsburg a dozen or
SO years ago.. He worked for a news
paper which vas very bitter in Its de-
nunciation Of special privileges to cor
porations, especially to transportation
companies. After he had been here a
short time he changed his service and
was employed by a very conservative
newspaper. He then began furnishing
a n entirely different kind Of CORE
spondence.
One Of his old friends paid him q Wis
It from Pittsburg and after warm CON
gratulations as to the professional
progress he was making offered this
observation:
tom, / certainly am delighted to see
you getting along so well. But I must
say that I miss those rib roasting dis
patches you used to fire in about the
railroads. What is the matter? Are
you losing your nerve?"
Tom chewed his cigar refectively for
q moment and then produced a fat
pocketbook, from which he extracted a
dozen annual passes over various rail
roads. After exhibiting them he
drawled:
Jim, so far as I am concerned the
railroads can have the rotunda of the
capitol for a MISUNDERSTANDING
ton Post.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
When to Write.

In his recent brochure on lola, NJ
Faguet Of the Academic Franchise
says: "Zola began to write too soon.
Every mar who writes before he Is
thirty and who does not devote the
golden age of his life, from the TWEEN
tieth year to the thirteth, to reading
observing and thinking, without writ
ing a line, runs the risk Of having nc
brain and Of being but a journeyman
author. There are some exceptions
but they are raye."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
A BEFORE e A
Devotions of . Scotch Farmer Who
Thought Well Of Himself.

.FsLf nHtE4. EaETUEl- FN<EfE
Devotions of d Scotch Farmer Who
Thought Well OF Himself.
An old Ayrshire farmer used regu-
larly to deliver himself Of the follow
ing quaint effusion as a grace before
meat:
TAX an yer bonnets, honest men!
Are they a. aft? oh, Lord, weed oct a.
the papists DOT o. the land-pluck them
DOT as we do the thistle frae cot o. the
Ir'und. Pour doom a shooer o. whites
apo' a. the looms that wear the lawn
sleeves, for they eat up the fat an the
lean O. the land an Wilma let q puir
body like me gang his ain way. Dig q
muckle dixie atween US an hell, but q
far muckler ane atween us an the wild
Irish. Oh, grant that the gray mare
brakna the tether nor the wind blaw
doom the haystacks. Grant that we
may keep the broom coo, the crummie
COO an Rowde, an, oh, preserve us
frae witches an warlocks an beasts
wi lang nebs that gang in amang the
heather. Grant a. guide things an guide
hairsts to a. honest fowk an a. men
present an l, my ainsel', wha am as
muckle as one SAL O. them. Shooer doom
q blessing on a. honest men that wear
blue bonnets, sic like as Abraham,
Isaac an Jacob were In the holy land
. Canaan. Gle to oorsels an to a. the
freen's O. Scotland veal an fortitude
till endure a. the ills an unco's O. this
life, an as what we've gotten is a DOR
ain it's naebody's business. Grant a
blessing on the present favor. Amen!'
Scottish American.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
A F1oatIns Academy Of science.

An Indication Of a new tendency In
scientific study is furnished by the
plan Of the Geographical Society of
Baltimore to send this summer to the
Bahama islands a ship carrying a staff
Of fifty persons, who will study the ge-
ology. go >graphy, botany, zoology, eli
matology, physics and medical and ny
gienic conditions of those islands. The
ship specially chartered for the pur.
pose will be fitted and equipped as the
home and laboratory Of the party dur
ing the entire trip.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
Norwegian Cure For Drunkenness

Norwegian Cure For Drunkenness.
In Norway drunkenness is punished
by imprisonment. AS soon as a man is
i~ncarcerated the delinquent has a loaf
and wine morning and evening. The
bread is served in a wooden bowl full
Of wine, in which 1t has been soaking
for an hour. The first day the drunkard
swallows his allowance willingly
enough. The second day it seems less
pleasing. At the end Of eight OF ten
days prisoners have been known to alb
stain altogether from the food thus pit
ilessly presented. This course Of treat
ment finished, the drunkard, except II
rare instances, is radically cured.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
A Sweet Compliment

On n occasion as Nine. Melba was
coming out of her room in New
York hotel after some hours practice.
a lady who was staying o the same
floor approached her and said: "Par-
don me, madam, but I think you will
be touched at hearing what my little.
boy said just now. He is lying in bed
recovering from an illness, and when.
you began to sing he held up his little.
hand and murmured, Hush, mummie,'
dear; birdie singing!'" II &
An ingenious compliment the AUS
tralian nightingale fully appreciated.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
The Sly Politician.

"Why don't you make a plain,
straightforward statement about
whether or not you mean to be a candi-
date2"
whats the use" answered the pru-
dent politician. "Just at present the
only thing that's keeping me before the
public is the doubt on that question:
Washington Star.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
His Humble Qualifications.

1.-THE old man doesn't speak any
foreign language, does he?"
;. mo. He's just a plain, downright,
honest, no style, hard workin'. money
maxim, family supportin' Americana
Atlanta Constitution.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
rre..ment For Too much ra,k.

Treatment For Too Much Talk.
The Duke of Argyll tells this story
Of Winston Churchill, which shows
that the talent for talk developed
young in the author and member Of
parliament:
Some years ago he visited Harrow
and, noticing a boy running around
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
Virtue Of Necessity

T~horne-Jack Gladhand says he has
given up borrowing money.
Bramble-He had to. All his friends
have given up lending to him.-Stray
Stories.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
"wE MAKE HIM RUN THREE TIMES AROUND
III CRICKET FIELD"

the cricket field by himself, asked
what he vas doing it for.
That's Lord. Randolph Churchill's
son, and whenever he talks too much
W. make him run three times around
the cricket feld."-New York Tribune.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10

-
sanity -. acknowledgements. $500
H E Hitchcock, 2 days board of
insanity ........... ........ 400
r z Warne, 2 days board Of in
sanity 400
r c Warne, examination ....... 500
Karl Knappe, n day witness
and mileage 800
Karl KnaEpe, trip to Mt Vern-
on and phone ............. 2.80
Herman Metzger, one day wit
ness and mileage. .......... 800
Gottlieb Metzger, one day wit
ness and mileage ............ $3.50
VIM. FrOhman M day witness
and mileage -. .............. $50
R M Getman, laborer at court
house. 100
Brown & Saenger, blanks for
county officers and redemp-
tiOn receipts for treasurer. 16. 90
J 81 Marks, 10 wolf scalps. -. 20. 90
M III Gosche, labor and mater
ial tor court house. IS. 20
NJ J Scheich, livery 1or county. 200
L A Amsden, freight and dray-
age ........................... 40
Geo E Harris was granted a refund
of $500 dog tax for the year 1902 on
account of erroneous assessment.
f. T. Phillips was granted an
abatement on a valuation Of 3l65. 90
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1903-10-30
CHEERING REPORTS.

Reports from every section oil Montgomery
county are TO the effect that the Democratic
ticket will make a sweeping victory all along
the line In November, but we warn the
Democrats not to be sanguine. The Repub-
licans will not let this fight go by default
They will be supplied with the sinews OF
war on election day and will do everything
10 their power to win the election. The
2100 coored voters will be at the polls and
cast straight Republican ballots.
The only danger to the success of the
Democratic ticket will be the inactivity OF
Democrats and their failure to vote
We do not believe the Democrats will
neglect this great and important personal
right OF voting; there is no reason why any
Democrat should remain away from the
polls. The Democrats have nominated a
good, clean ticket, composed of men in
whom every citizen can place the utmost
confidence, and it should be the pleasure OF
every Democrat TO cast his vote for these
men.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1903-10-30
BALANCE OF POWER.

In relation to the negro of this country
holding the balance of power Mr.. John P.
Poe, OF Baltimore, in late address says:
"The Republicans know that the negro in
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Ohio,
West Virginia and Indiana holds the bal
ance OF power In those States and may con.
troll the Presidential election, as Republican
orators are now claiming that it decided the
vote of Maryland in several of our late
elections.
They need no better object-lesson than
that which stares US now in the face in
Frederick and Montgomery counties, where
the vote Of $500 negroes is threatening the
cause Of pure, enlightened and able admin.
istration Of justice with great and irrepara
BILE injury in the effort of the Republicans,
white and black, to defeat our great Chief
Judge James McSherry.
In the presence of such fact where is
the force of the argument that negro con
troll is not real, palpable menace to good
government