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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1904-07-28

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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1904-07-28

watched the marvellous transfornla-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
A Wonderful Discovery.

Broadland, S. D., March 2S.-Quite
a sensation has been created here by
the publication of the story Of G. w.
Gray. who, after a special treatment
for three months was PROSTATE and
helpless and given up to die with
Bright's Disease. Bright's Disease has
always been considered incurable, but
evidently from the story told by Mr..
Gray, there Is a remedy which will
cure it even in the most advanced
stages. This Is what he says:
II was helpless as a little babe. My
wife and | searched everything and
read everything we could find about
Bright's Disease, hoping that / would
be able to find a remedy. After many
failures my wife insisted that | should
try Dodd's Kidney Pills. I praise God
for the day when decided to do so
for this remedy met every phase of my
Ease md In a short time was able
to get out of bed and after a few
weeks treatment | was a strong, well
man. Dodd's Kidney Pills saved my
life"
A remedy that will cure Bright's
Disease will cure any lesser Kidney
Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills are GER
tainly the most wonderful discovery
which modern medical research has
given to the world.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
Lineage Of the Mikado.

Ancient though many European
royal houses may consider themselves.
none can beat the record Of the mika.
do. Mutsuhito is the one hundred and
twenty-second wearer of the crown.
which his ancestors have borne with.
out interruption since the year 666
b. G. That is TO say, the founder of
the dynasty was a contemporary OF
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Though one may not
be guilty of the impoliteness of call
ing his pedigree in question, it is diff.
ficult to believe that the mikado OF
1850 years ago was the son of the
u goddess. Possibly even the pres.
ent occupant of the throne has doubts
about 1t in private.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
Russian Tea Refreshing.

Nothing is more refreshing after a
cold walk or drive than a glass of gen.
uine Russian tea. Its effects are more
stimulating than ordinary tea, al
the slight nourishment afforded by
the cream used is missing in the Rus
sian tea. Make the tea in the usual
way, sleeping a little longer. Fill thin
glasses two-thirds full Of cracked Ice,
add a squeeze OF lemon and a thin
slice of the same, sugar IL desired,
and pour in the steaming tea. The
ice should be fine enough to cool the
tea at once to the proper temperature
for drinking.-New York Post.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
A Little Soap Fad.

There are n great many little bed
room fads in country house entertain
ing that indicate the knowledge and
SAVIOR faire Of up-to-date ~housekeep-
ing. One of these Is to leave the soap
that is placed in a guests room in its
wrapper, to indicate that 1t has never
been used. An enterprising firm Of
chemists has been the first to recog-
nize the fashion. and is providing it's
customers with small. daintily wrap
ped cakes of soap for the purpose, with
its perfume indicated by the fl.wer on
the cover-violet. rose ,heliotrope, etc.
Exchange.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
The Oldest Marriage Proposal.

The Oldest marriage proposal OF
which there is any definite record 10
3,425 years old. This remarkable an
cient record, which is in the Oriental
department of the British museum. Is
a small clay tablet, measuring eight
inches by four inches, and contains
about ninety-eight lines Of very fine
cuneiform writing. 1t Is made of Nile
mud. and bears upon the marriage
proposal Of a pharaoh for the hand OF
the daughter Of the king of Babylon.
1t is a duplicate OF a letter written
about 1880 b. G.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
AN ORGAN WITHOUT STOPS.
Az Least Owner Of instrument Never
Knew Them.

AZ Least Owner Of instrument Never
Knew Them.
There is a man living in an Eley.
n street fiat who has no music In
his soul, and there is a man on the
lower floor whose soul Is full of 1t.
The lower-fioor man not long g add.
ed a four-lung parlor organ to his
lares and pcnates, and two healthy
daughters Of his began to practice on
1t. Several nights later a friend paid
a visit to the first man, and as soon
as he got inside the apartment he
heard the parlor organ on the lower
floor.
Fine toned istrument, that he
said, because he, too, had some music
in his soul.
The musicless man grunted.
Whose make Is it," the visitor
asked.
Don't know" was the ~ungracious
answer.
How many stops has 1T"
The host pulled himself up for a
powerful effort. WELL" he replied,
tits been In the house for about a
week now, and In that time 1t hasn't
had any that have been able to dis
cover.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
Nauahty Girls Phllosonhx.

Former Gov. Gage of California has
a little daughter of whom he is won
drously fond and Of whom he never
tires of talking. She Is the little lady
who christened the transpacific cable
when the American end was laid with
much ceremony in San Francisco.
Here is one of the stories the former
governor tells, but always when the
subject of it is out of hearing:
One day he had occasion to repri-
mand her for some trivial offense, and
said:
MY dear, where do you think you
will go when 0 die IL you persist in
being naughty"
Without a moments hesitation and
in the most matter-of-fact way came
the reply:
Il don't know, and neither do you
o any one else. It's enough for God
to- know without me %bothering my
head about it."-New York Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31

With grange blossoms. Why should
,he got go through with her share
# the program, too? She would!
She must!
Again that organ! it rose once
more to its stern roll of denunciation
and Miss Weyman. as If she had done
4 guilty thing. looked apprehensively
at the calm pure face OF her sister.
All, but those two were made for each
other. and il it were not for the high
sense of honor that kept the.. loyal
minds untainted even by the thought
that things might be other than they
were, they would be sweethearts even
now. She reflected that herself and
the man in Il e choir were of exactly
the same age and that the time would
come when she would be no longer
young; that he must sooner or later
see what he had missed to make his
liIe complete. She loved him, but did
ne love her as a man should love the
woman he marries; as he could love
Grace if he were free to do SO? She
looked up again into the choir and
sought the smile she loved SO well.
She studied the smile when it came
as she had never studied it before.
and as the big organ pealed o u the
opening passages Of the TIE Deum.
she bowed her head in her hands for
q moment, to fight back the tears
nat sprang to her eyes IS she silently
made her Lenten sacriice.-Los An
geles Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
lGHMa
~ ~.
ITS ORIGIN AND DATE.

Earliest Christians Celebrated Easter
With Prayer and Sacrifice.
The Semitic always took his re-
ligion much harder" than the Aryan,
and the spring celebration of the lat
ter took the form of feasting. dancing
and having fun. while the former had
prayer, sacrifice and an ever-growing
ritual to be observed. From these
earlier Semitic ancestors the Jews de-
rived their feast Of unleavened bread,
the sacrifice of the Paschal lamb and
other observances Of that season, the
origin Of the custom being forgotten
in the legend of the Passover.
The earliest Christians, being them
selves originally Jews, continued this
celebration with a new significance,
the death of Christ being to them the
sacrifice of the Paschal lamb. When
the celebration was taken up by the
~non-Jewish Christians, they made it a
point to get as far away as possible
from everything Jewish, and made 1t
purely a celebration of the Resurrec-
ton. without reference to the coinci-
dent Passover. They determined.
furthermore, that the festival should
fall on the Sunday following the ter
mination Of the Paschal feast, but 1t
was several centuries before the au-
thorities at Rome decided upon the
basis of calculations for the deter
mination of the full noon. upon which
Easter depended.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
Herreid's Arbor Day Proclamation.

Herreid's Arbor Day Proclamation.
Gov. Herreid has issued his Arbor
day proclamation and with 1t a letter
urging upon the people the benefits OF
tree planting all over the state. 1t is
especially urged in regard to school
grounds and adornment or public
places of all kinds. In the work with
the schools, State Supt. Nash is CO
operating, and will send out a pre-
gram for the day to all the schools OF
the state. In the proclamation espe-
cial attention is called to the value OF
such work properly applied all over
the state:
The proclamation Is:
"And still a new succession sings and
flies;
Fresh groves grow up and their green
branches shoot
Toward the old and still-enduring
skies;
While the low violet thrives at their
root"
In harmony with established custom
I. Charles N. Herreid, governor OF the
State of South Dakota, do hereby des-
ignate and set apart Friday, April %,
1904, as Arbor day.
The economic and climatic value of
f~rn-t arDuyth onl fha srnpDrnnn -
trees in promoting the beauty and
comfort of our homes and public
grounds can hardly be overestimated.
With a proportionate number of
South Dakota would equal in natural
and advantages the great
prairie states OF Iowa and Illinois.
We have a better climate and the
most wonderful artesian water supply.
We can have the trees II the people
will plant them.
In order to cultivate an appreciative
public sentiment, l earnestly recon-.
mend that appropriate and instructive
services be held in all OF our colleges
and public schools and that a part OF
the day be devoted to planting trees,
shrubs and flowers, and to the adorn.
ment of school grounds, highways and
public parks.
Let this day be dedicated to the en-
bellishment of the homestead and pri
vate grounds by the enterprising, pub
lie spirited and patriotic citizens Of
our splendid commonwealth.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
seJt~7eNNr~~N~.~~~A~E
; Quaint Easter Customs s
~NN~~~4N~s~0N~A~AN~G

1he universal Easter rejoicings in
olden times We're not all because Of
he great event which Easter COM
memorates. Old records show that it
was often because the long forty
days fast was over with a return to
solid eating once more-not only to
solid eating, but for the time to much
feasting
A%ncientiy the paschal or Easter
season extended from the Sunday be-
fore until the Sunday after Easter
proper. On the Holy Thursday be-
fore, called Maunday or Shere Thurs
day, there were services commemora-
tive of Christ's washing the disciples
feet. The Pope at Rome, the arch
bishops in various countries, end the
monarchs in England even through
Elizabeth's time had feet washing
services, the necessary accompani-
ment of which was the giving Of food
and money to the poor.
On Holy Saturday and Easter v
the services vary in the different
churches. That in the Greek church
lasts all night. There are great
crowds in the church at Jerusalem.
though a large admission is charged.
who are there to witness the fire
descend from heaven into the sepul-
cher and TO light their candles by it.
The Easter feast in that church is the
mos important of the year. Lent over
the ovens are crowded with prepare
tions for banqueting. Every house
is fragrant with the odor of pies and
baked meats and everybody is in
festal array. A great many visits are
paid.
On the last day of Lent everybody
in Rome rushes to the Vatican. In
Italy the "sepulchers'' in the churches
are watched night and day by people
clad in deep mourning from the dawn
of the Holy Thursday till midday on
Saturday, when the body is supposed
to rise from the grave. The resurrec-
ton is announced by the firing Of can
non, the blowing Of trumpets and the
ringing of the bells which from the
preceding Thursday have been care
fully tied up to protect them from the
power of the devil.
The ceremonies OF Easter day IT.
self are grand, long and many featured
throughout Catholic C~hristendom, but
anciently these were barely over be-
fore secular performances began.
For many years, and perhaps even
to-day, the first dish brought to the
table on Easter day at Queens col
lege, Oxford, was red herring fixed to
resemble a man, put astride a corn
salad, riding away on horseback. This
is said to be a remnant of the old
pageants which were exhibited in the
! popular rejoicings that Lent was over.
Children in England, as at Wash
| ington, go out and roll eggs on a
lawn or in a field, some rolling them
| like bowls, some throwing them up in
the air like balls. The chief glory OF
a paste egg to a boy who wants to
win the championship in hard hitting
Is it's hard shell. One who wishes to
gain a conquest with his egg chal-
lenges a companion to give blow for
blow. He is victor whose egg stands
the attack, and he goes on challeng.
ing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
Effects Of Nile Dam.

Sir BENJAMIN Baker, who built the
Nile dam, has just given out some new
figures concerning the dam and its
consequences. During the critical pc
RODS for the crops-March to June
the supply of water for irrigation was
doubled by the dam. The irrigation OF
rice. prohibited in previous years. was
allowed. and the increase in value Of
land now converted to irrigation y cat
culated It over s26. 00o0oo.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31

s. A Lenten Sacrifice s
E~NA~~~Nr-s-N--N~E

There was an accusing voice in the
swelling notes of the big pipe organ.
Peal upon peal Of de%nunciation rolled
out into the dim-aisled church and re-
verberated back from the vaulted cell
ing, all its solemn impeachment seem
ing finally 10 center itself in the pew
occupied by the stately Miss Weyman.
She trembled under the stormy ar
raignment. She looked back over her
life with a shudder and realized for
the first time it's utter selfishuess
There were no crimes of commission
apon her spotless life, but what had
she done to make the world brighter
or better? Nothing. The answer
seemed to come in mighty anger from
the big organ, rather than from her
own inner consciousness.
Bred in luxury and reared in idle
ness, what had she ever accomplished
with the ten talents that the Master
had given much out of her abundance,
but she had never given so much as
a crumb of bread that meant sacrifice
of one moments comfort. S~elfshness,
s~elfshness. s~elishness! 1t was the
keynote of her life-and the whole
message of the big organ that morn
ing.
The sun presently shot through a
great stained glass window that cast
a. food of golden light athwart Miss
Weyman's pew, and that same mo-
ment the thunderous rebuke of the
organ ceased, and in its place came a
strain Of pleading harmony and then
a sweet, clear note of humble praise
with a sorrowful undertone that car
ried with 1t a suggestion of the agony
o. the cross
She glanced up and. a bright smile
from the choir turned her cheeks
afame. There was her guilt of sell
fishness! She realized now hat this
was the thing that had lain dormant
upon her conscience for so long. And
there must be her sacrifice! She
turned faint and almost cried out at
the thought. He belonged to her!
He belonged to herl For five long
years they had been as good as be-
trothed and for two years she had
worn his ring. waiting, waiting until
his pride should be satisfied with the
measure Of success he had set him.
self to accomplish before marriage.
And the time had almost come.
Two years. But in that time her
younger sister. Grace. had suddenly
bloomed into womanhood! She turned
suddenly to the sister at her side.
She. too, was looking up into the
choir and exchanging a bright smile
with the handsome young bass. Grace
turned at her sisters movement and
met her eye with q calm, steady gaze
in which there was no concealment,
then smiled at her with the perfect
underst rding Of true sisterly affec.
ton.
Miss Weyman caught her breath
with a sigh of relief. There was NO
~dlsloyalty there, she knew. She re.
fected with a pang that these two
young people did not know their own
secrets as yet. They might never
know It! He would, in his simple
honor. go calmly through his pro.
gram and marry her when the time
came, and Grace would deck her hair
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
Only to please Her Friends.

ZACH! Dat Is a putiful gong, Laty
Peacocke, and you pronounce Cher
man very well; but Wy do you blay 70
accompaniment in B natural?"
"The song is written in B NATURAL.
Herr Muller"
Zach 20! Zen Wy do you zing 70
melody in B vlat?"
ooh, really, Herr Muller! don't
pretend to be professional, you know"
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
The state of South Dakota.

1'l'f VI aitts
Company's Certificate of Authority.
Whereas. The Phoenix Assurance Com
pany. Ltd q corporation organized under
the avs OF Gre1t Britain. has filed in
this Office n swotn statement exhibiting
its condition and business for the year
ending December 81. 1908. conformable to
the requirements OF the laws of this
State. regulating the business of insur-
ance. and.
Whereas. The said Company MAS filed
In this ufIice a duly certified copy of it's
charter. with certificate OF organization
in compliance with the requirements OF
the insurance law aforesaid;
Now. therefore. ]. John G.. Perkins.
Commissioned OF Insurance of the State
of South Dakota. pursuant to The pro-
visions Of said laws. do hereby certify
that the above named Company is fully
empowered, through It's authorized
agents. to transact it's appropriate bust
ness OF Fire Insurance In this State. ac-
cording To laws thereof, until the 31st
day of December. a. u. 1904.
In testimony whereof, j have hereunto
set my hand and seal at Pierre, this 5th
day of February. 1901.
tSeslD JOHN C.. PERKINS.
Commissioner OF Insurance.
BY T. Hendriksen. Chief Clerk.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
The state of South Dakota.

btDhi hlt vi
Company's Certificate OF Authority.
Whereas, The Northwestern National
Insurance Company, "A corporation or
ganized under the avs of Wisconsin,, has
filed i'm this Office "A sworn statement ex-
hibiting it's condition and business for the
year ending December 81. 1903, conform
able to the requirements OF the laws or
this State regulating the business OF In
surance; and
Whereas, The said Company has filed
in this Office a duly certified copy or Its
charter, with certificate of organization.
in compliance with the requirements OF
the insurance law aforesaid;
Now, therefore, ], John G. Perkins,
commissioner OF Insurance OF the State
OF South Dakota, pursuant to the pro-
visions of said laws, do hereby certify
that the above named Company liz fully
empowered, through its authorized
agents TO transact It's appropriate bust
ness of Fire, Lightning and Tornado In
surance In this State, according to laws
thereof. until the 3lst day of December.
A. d. 1904.
In testimony whereof. I have hereunto
set my hand and seal at Pierre, this 25th
day Of January, A. ID. 1904
(SeaI.) JOHN G. PERKINS,
Commissioned of Insurance.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
Chiefly Amono OFFICERS.

On a vessel about going into action
in the Civil war a sailor was upon his
knees when an officer sneeringly
asked him IL he was afraid.
mo-" he said. Il was praying"
well, what were o praying for?"
Praying" remarked the sailor,
"that the enemy's bullets may be dis
tributed the same way the prize mon
ey is."-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31

The Russian imperial family enjoys
the distinction of being the wealthiest
family in Europe. The civil list OF the
Gar amounts 10 $12. 500 600 a year.
In addition to this enormous revenue.
he draws an income Of an additional
IS. 000. 900 a year from his exclusive CO.
tates and mines.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
slaves Freed at Easter.

In earlier times the Christian en-
perors at Easter gave their slaves
their freedom. gifts were given to the
poor and work of all kind was sus-
pended for two days. There are no
slaves now to set free. but the two
last customs are still observed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
POPE sLEssEs THE PEN.
Says Journalist Has a Noble Mission

Says Journalist Has q Noble Mission
In the World.
A few days ago the pope took a styl-
ographic per from a Protestant jour-
nalist's hand and pronounced a bene-
diction. He returned the pen, saying:
No n has a nobler mission than q
Journalist in the world of to-day. I
bless your symbol of office. My pre-
decessors c~onsecrated the swords and
shields of Christian warriors; l choose
rather to beg blessings upon the Chris
tian journalists pen."-New York
Sun.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
Where ohnnx pemurred.

Remember. Johnny" said his elder.
" uncle. that actions speak louder
than words"
"Sometimes they don't" objected
Johnny. when mamma's spankin'
me- / can yell q good deal louder than
she can spank-"-Chicago Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
Net amount of risks In

Net amount of risks I'm
COMPANY STATEMENT OF BUSI-
NESS TRANSACTED IN THE STATE
OF OUT DAKOTA DURING II
YEAR.
Premiums on risks written. 6,404.s 50
Amount OF risks written -. 334, 5000
Losses incurred during the
year 945. 30
Losses paid during the year A5. 80
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-31
Total expenditures =.
DICLrC
S154,o61,2o4.0o
Net amount Of risks in

Net o of risks In
force ........ 5000, 027, 266.0O
COMPANY'S STATEMENT OF BUSl-
NESS TRANSACTED IN THE STATE
OF SOUTH DAKOTA DURING THE
YEAR.
emit on risks written. SN,ISO.30
Amount of risks written. /. sss,3lI.Uo
Losses incurred during the
year ........s. ..s...s' -'-oi'oo
Losses paid during the
year -'iVLoV