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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21
do so. The captain is highly regarded
among the members of his command
and the boys will no doubt be greatly
disappointed because of this move on
his part.
Mica i'm Brown County.

A vein of mica, reported to be about
twenty feet thick, was found at a depth
of thirty five or forty feet on the Lyons
farm neal Warner by well diggers last
week. 1t is not known how extensive
the vein is or just what is the quality of
the mica but it will be investigated and
possibly Brown county will in a short
time contain mica mines as we'll as coal
mines.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21
Taking Other Lands.

A communication from Pierre says the
trains of the last week have brought a
large number of people who first went
to the Rosebud country to look that over
and then came up to that section of the
state. They express themselves as I'M
able to see any difference between the
appearance of the country west of that
city and that of the Rosebud reservation.
A number of them showed their opinion
of the two sections by filing on lands at
that place instead of waiting for action
in Gregory county. This class of people
is coming every day and will be far more
numerous as o % as the Rosebud draw
lug shows that they have not secured a
chance at the first choice in that section.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21
Capitalists Must Dig.

For the first time in the history oil
Clay county capitalists are to be com
PEELED to pay taxes on money and
credits. The board of county com
missioners decided upon this move
some time ago, and in order that they
could arrive at some correct estimate OF
the amount Of mortgages ON file with
the register Of deeds, and who held
them, engaged Register Thomas Rus
sell { o make a record of all mortgages
appearing in the official books. The
report to the county board shows that
there are more than 100000 worth OF
untaxed mortgages.
will Join His Regiment.
Capt. j. @. Macarthur is preparing to
move his family to San Francisco
where he will join his regiment at the
Preside. 1t was generally supposed
that the captain would remain in
charge of the military department al
the S. ID. A. O. for another year, the
war department having decided that
he could remain should he desire tc
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21
Hayrake Drags Farmer.

farmer living four miles east Of Este
line, was critically injured By being
thrown under a hayrake which he was
driving. The horses had been hitched
TO the rake when a bolt broke and the
animals started TO run Hattlestad was
thrown under the machine and dragged
a considerable distance. His head and
face were badly mangled by the teeth
of the rake. Some hopes are enter
tanned of his recovery.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21
Look Ont for SwindIers.

States Attorney j. III. Cole, of Hand
county, has been asked by Chicago attor-
neys to be ON the lookout for parties who
are victimizing farmers in the North
west. According to the advice he has
received, a large number of men are at
present working this state. 1t appears
that they claim to he doctors and take
the notes of people in sums ranging from
800 up to $500. The devices adopted
to secure the signatures are various. but
all intended to deceive. The notes are
then either actually or apparently sold
to innocent purchasers before maturity,
and the maker is usually compelled by
process of law to pay for it.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21
Contracts for Supplies.

The following firms were awarded con-
tracts for furnishing provisions for the
different state institutions by the board
of charities and corrections: @. & V. Z.
Olson, of Sioux Falls, were awarded the
contract for furnishing groceries for the
pe~nitentiary. Foley Bros. & Kennedy,
of st. Paul, were given the contract for
supplying the reform school at Plankin-
tom. The insane asylum contract vas
awarded to o. Nelson and Q. Mettler, of
Yankton. The supply of groceries for
the Redfield asylum will be furnished by
w. b. Homeden, of Redfield.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21
Rhodes Scholarship.

Paul M Yonng is the successful South
Dakota candidate for the Rhodes schol-
arship, at Oxford, England. Paul is 10
years of age and he graduated from the
State University Of South Dakota with
the class of 1898. He is the eldest son of
Prof. @. M. Young, who hollis the chair
of history in the University of South
Dakota. He is bright student and also
an all around athlete. The scholarship
begins next October, carrying with it an
annuity of 81 500 for three years. Six
months of each year are to be spent IN
study and six months in travel. Young
will be 20 years of age when he enters
Oxford university. Law will probably
be his special work, though he is some
what inclined toward the classics.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21
A Shrine for Aberdeen.

Early next fall Aberdeen will have a
temple of the Mystic Shrine, and this
will bring to a contamination the long
cherished desires and aspirations of the
Masons of hat city. A telegram from
Atlantic City says that the petition for
the Shrine has been granted. Aberdeen
has for several years had lodges and
chapters of every Masonic body except
the Shrine, and the granting Of a charter
to the Shrine there will make Aberdeen
the Masonic center of the Northwest.
The title of the new body will be Yelduz
Temple, A. A. o. N. NJ. s., and it will
start out with the strongest membership
Of any temple established in the North
west. There are on the petition for the
chartering Of the new temple the sigma
lures of 100 members of other Shriners
who wish to join here and petitions for
membership from those not yet Shrines
number $50, thus giving the total for
the start at 300, which is greater than
the charter membership Of any shrine
in the west.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-05-19

barren and inhospitable wilds is that
Thibet left to herself would dampen even
Russian ardor for expansion.
For scientists and geographers the
opening of Thibet will mean much. The
secrets of the mysterious city of Lassa
which has defied all attempts of white
explorers to reach it, will be laid bare
Practically the last of the great unknown
tracts of the habitable globe will disap.
pear, and with the subsequent spread OF
civilizing and humanizing influences will
in turn disappear the curious features
of one of the strangest races of the
world.
AS is natural to suppose, the features
of the landscape are reflected in the ma
tives themselves. AS race they are a
dirty and filthy lot of the most degraded
savages, building no substantial dwell
ings, except among the agricultural
tribes in the eastern districts bordering
on the Chinese frontier, but with their
herds of yak and horses wandering over
the country, living in small tents made
of yak skins or in cave dwellings. BY
nature the Thibetan is a glutton and will
eat wherever and whenever opportunity
presents itself.
Both men and women are ugly, with
huge features. They have great faith
in the pernicious habit of disfguring
themselves with paint and strange tattoo
marks and cicatrices. There is no settled
form of government outside of the un-
stable hierarchy at Lassa, the constitu-
tion of society everywhere being sim
pie. Almost every crime is condoned by
payment, this leniency causing a bru-
tality and bloody license which provok e
long protracted feuds and wars. Life
is held in little if any esteem and is
taken upon the least compunction.
The real curse of Thibet, however,
Is the powerful lama hierarchy. These
clergymen form nearly one-third of the
entire population of the country and are
rulers in substance If not in name Mag
ic, charms, fetch, rosaries and other
mystical" emblems constitute the main
features of the cult of lama Buddhism
One of the most peculiar features of the
Thibetan religious side of life is the
prayer wheel. 1t forms strange sight
indeed to watch the Thibetans going
about their daily avocations monoton-
ously. and by practice apparently un-
consciously. twisting these Instruments
The worship of deceased ancestors
is carried on among all tribes, the ma
tives at different periods digging up the
bones of these illustrious forbeasers and
religiously washing them.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-05-19
ITO Be Continued
A REFRESHING CHANGE.
Tip for Doing IA Small
Service.

A professor of geology in a Massa-
chusetts college has a story to tell of
a Colorado mining camp which shows
that stars shine in the darkest firma-
ments, says Youths Companion. De-
string to spend his vacation in a prac-
tical study of mines, he got letters of
introduction to all the chief engineers
and mine superintendent in Colorado,
and visited one mine after another
under the most favorable conditions.
His letters were from two or three
well-known men, and opened to him
many shafts where strangers were
strictly forbidden. The only difficulty
was in approaching mines which were
under guard. Labor troubles had made
it necessary to put patrols about many
of the shafts.
Approaching coal mine which he
was especially anxious to visit, he was
stopped by huge Irishman, who told
him to "be aft.
Il have a letter to the superintend-
ent."
No matther. Ye're not allowed be-
yand this shanty."
"I'll show you the letter"
Glow could know twas true?"
But won't you take it in to the su-
perintendent?"
AN lave me post?"
Here is a quarter You take it and
get this letter to the superintendent"
"a quarter, is it? An the letther?
Wait till hail Gimpsey an get him to
watch while | go in
He put his hands up to his mouth and
called. A man appeared beyond a
ridge.
See that no wan crosses here till
I'll be back!" called the Irishman
Nov we shtand here an I'll take your
letther."
He went up the path and out of sight
round the turn The works were far
from the outposts. Soon he came
back.
Sure, he says he'll see ye an ye
can go in, but why he let's ye is more
than | can see. You sendin' him a
quarter and him earnin' twinty-five
thousand year,"
"You-you gave him that quarter?"
For sure. Who else would l give
it to?"
The professor went by the big sentry
with an expression between grin and
a scowl. When he introduced himself
to the superintendent he began to
apologize for the quarter.
.'Tll give it back to McGrane," said
the superintendent, laughing, but our
men out here are not hotel walters"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-05-19

In turning away, Darrell saw a paper
bunk. The bag contained food Fam
ished as he was he began eating at
once, carrying the bag to the table and
clearing a place in front of him.
McCloud, Darrell reflected, had been
a fastidious person. The fugitive re-
called his furtive wiping of the dishes
at the Half Way house and wondered
to note that even then, as he lay in the
brink. his face was cleanly shaven and
his hair neatly brushed.
There were no marks of violence on
McCloud's person and it must be that
he had taken something to hurry him
self out of the world. His burden of
guilt had been greater than he could
bear and he had made his preparations
and left life like a gentleman.
In the midst of his meal, Darrell
heard the impatient whinnying of the
horse The animal was probably in
need of water and Darrell went out at
once, pulled up the picket-pin and led
the horse to the creek. Then, after
seeking out fresh range, he drove
the pin into the ground once more
| and returned to the house.
A bold expedient had suggested itself
| to Darrell Sweeping the uneaten food
| aside he picked up the diary and
| opened it.
A third of the leaves were gone, hav-
| ing been torn raggedly from the book
| and undoubtedly destroyed. On the
remaining leaves there was not scrap
of writing.
A sigh of disappointment escaped the
man and he laid down the book
and drew the little heap of letters in
| front of him. Suddenly he paused.
What right had he to read that cor
respondence? He boasted of being
honest and honorable; was there any
| thing honest or honorable in reading
! another's letters, even though that
| other were dead?
1t was a fine point and it is to OAR
rel's credit that it occurred to him.
| There is time, however, when neces-
| sity makes its own laws and Darrell
with half-apologetic look in the di-
| rection of the bunk, was soon deep in
| the matter before him.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-05-19
GREAT CLOSED LAND.
AS SUCH THIBET Is KNOWN
AMONG ASIATICS.
British Are Now Trying to Conquer
the Mysterious Country of the
Fanatical Lamas and Ma
gicians,
London (Eng.l Special.

The news dispatches of the last few
weeks telling of the attempts of the Brit
ish force under Col. Younghusband to
enter Thibet have been somewhat over
shadowed by the details of the larger
conflict in Asia, which at the present
moment is the cynosure of the eyes of the
civilized world
China, Manchuria, Japan and Russia
to the ordinary lay reader mean some
thing concrete, something which even
the most casual geographical student
can understand. Thibet, "the great
closed island, on the other hand; Thibet,
the unknown, the isolated, the mysteri-
ous, is something which the great world
at large looks upon with whimsical dis
interestedness
Nomads by inclination and by neces-
sity, practically every male in Thibet is
soldier, and as they gain a greater part
of their livelihood from brigandage and
hostile forays one tribe against another,
it may properly be said that their entire
existence is given up TO unremitting war
fare
Should England succeed eventually in
her purpose to add Thibet to her Atlantic
domains, anyone who has ever been in
Thibet can well ask: What will she
secure as compensation for this tre-
mendOus outlay of men and money!"
All explorers in Thibet agree that the
natural resources of the country are in
finitessimal and that nothing of con-
crete value ever can be secured to repay
for the enormous expenditure necessary
to prompt from nature something which
she will not yield even if strenuously
urged.
British statesmen argue that Thibet
will serve as the great buffer" to Rus
sia's expansive ambition Indiaward, but
the fact that most impresses any Thibet-
an traveller who has toiled for weary
months at halting pace through these
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-05-19
words of the first letter, gave Darrell

words of the first letter, gave Darrell
pause.
His own heart smote him for prying
thus into the very core of McCloud's
privacy. Yet had he not the right?
That revolver proved a connection
with Murgatroyd, and Murgatroyd, to
Darrel's mind, stood all but convicted
of the murder of Sturgis The fugi-
tive read on.
The first letter was all that a lover
might expect from his betrothed, but
the second throbbed in every line with
bitter anguish, broke the golden chain
of love and released him from his
vows.
For all that the letters revealed
bearing upon Darrel's affairs they
might have been left unprofaned by
stranger eyes. A sickening horror
pulsed through the fugitive's veins and
he hastened his reading.
At the very last was this, from
Ormsby:
l have taken the liberty to re-
fer to you, under a communication of
even date herewith, a Miss Elsie Avery
and her aunt Mrs. Gorton. They will
arrive soon in Anaconda on a peculiar
mission. Any aid you may render Miss
Avery and Mrs. Gorton will be CRATE
fully received by them and deeply appre-
cated by me- Whatever you do in their
behalf will serve to fill your mind and
withdraw it from your own misfortunes.
Darrell wrinkled his brow over this
epistle. 1t suggested an unknown
quantity which might play havoc. with
his projected equation.
Every other scrap of information
| cleaned from the correspondence
proved favorable to the fugitive's plan.
This last letter of Ormsbys alone made
| him hesitate.
Half an hours reflection, however,
| decided the matter. 1t was a leap in
| the darh but he would take it.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-05-19

could come to analyzing, in words. the
emotions of the moment. McCloud
had gone into the unknown of death
while this other fugitive was steering
towards the unknown in life.
Over the head of the bunk Darrell
left his verse, impaling it on a silver
of wood. Then he packed McCloud's
belongings in the travelling bag and
started from the hut. At the door he
paused and turned, his eyes on the
still form in the bunk.
Il leave you here. Nathan Darrell"
he said, IAN innocent, we'll meaning
man who Jared i'll at the hands OF
others and who tried to be honest but
could not be honorable. Now let us
see how well Junius McCloud retrieves
himself"
Half an hour later he was riding
through the gray dawn. mounted on
the calico cayuse and with the old
travelling bag fast at the saddle-can-
tie.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-05-19
IN AN OLD TRUNK.
Baby Finds Bottle of Carbolic Acid
and Drinks It.

While the mother was unpacking an
old trunk a little Is months old baby
got hold of a bottle of carbolic acid
while playing on the floor and his stom-
ach was so badly burned it was feared
he would not live for he could not eat
ordinary foods. The mother says In
telling of the case:
1t was all two doctors could do to
save him as it burnt his throat and
stomach so bad that for two months
after he took the poison nothing would
lay on his stomach. Finally took him
into the country and tried new milk
and that was no better for him. His
Grandma finally suggested Grape-Nuts,
and l am thankful | adopted the food
for he commenced to get better right
away and would not eat anything else.
He commenced to get fleshy and his
cheeks like red roses and now he is en-
tirely we'll
Il took him to Matamoras on visit
and every place VIC went to stay to eat
he called for Grape-Nuts and / would
have to explain how he came to call for
1t as it was his main food.
"The names of the physicians who at
tended the baby are DR.. Eddy of this
town and DR.. Geo. Gale Of Newport, o.,
and anyone can write to me or to them
and learn what Grape-Nuts food will do
for children and grown-ups too" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Look in each pkg. for the famous lit
tie book, The Road to Wellville."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-05-19
CAMEL THAT GREW TOO FAT.
Little Fellows Paunch and Hump
Got Too Big for His Legs
to support.

The Prince was white, crooked
necked, gawky, long-legged, little
camel, wondrously amiable and inquis-
tive, and with no hump to speak of.
says McClures Magazine. One of the
difficulties in raising perfect specimens
from captive-born camels is that the
youngsters grow fat tco rapidly. This
is what happened to Prince Henry
He cultivated an absurd paunch and
started his hump growing ahead of
schedule time, until his 250 pounds Of
avoirdupois threatened his manly
shape. His forelegs showed signs Of
giving way at the ankles, SO that, in
stead of joining perpendicularly to the
broad, soft cushion feet, they threat
ened to spring back to an obtuse angle,
causing what is technically known as
fiatfootedness.
The remedy applied was the same
used to reinforce weak ankles in hui
man creatures. Boots the Prince must
wear, tightly laced boots, reaching from
knee to ankle, to aid the tender sinews
and to support the delicate bones. For
two months this strange baby stood,
little black boots encircling his two
snowy forelegs, while visitors flocked
to ses the novel sight, and the big, yell
low mother, nosing her precious one
softly stood proudly by. By that time
the bones had Stiffened and hardened
aud to-day Prince Henry is a perfect
camel, full grown, light yellow, and
with thick, knotty leg that would
walk away under a pack load of half
a ton.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-05-19

The late George Francis Train loved
children. The children of New York
will miss him from Madison square,
where, in fine weather, he would play
with them all day long
Citizen" Train used to tell Of a lit
tie girl to whom he once gave a rich
cake. She ate it, and asked for an
other.
I'D like to give you another" said
Tie old man, but it would make you
Sick"
Give it to me- anyway" said the
little girl. cat the dispensary l car
get medicine for nothin'. Y. Trib.
une.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-05-19

often abbreviated to 'Lorry" or al.
o." as signed in full. He appeared to
be devoted friend of McCloud's.
The very first letter was from Orms-
by, bore date at New York and the
envelope showed it had reached Nc
Cloud in ST Paul. Part of it was
especially significant.
We still have faith in you,
Junius, for GOO knows how much those
unfortunate spells, over which you have
no control, has helped in your undoing.
1t is not so hard to live down the past
Other men have done worse and have
retrieved themselves. Simply renounce
all intercourse with this man who has
been your ruin That is the first and
most important step. Then, if there is
anything holy for you on earth or above
it, swear by that never to stake another
dollar at play.
You say this man has a strange in
fiuence over you-a weird and malign
power which you cannot fight against
and that it is impossible for you to keep
away from him. Nonsense! Brace up,
my boy, and be man. If you cannot do
this for yourself, do il for the sake of
your family, for love of the girl who is
to Ink her fate with yours. Ii all these
influences are powerless to sway you,
course and forfeit the esteem of all who
know you, including that of your friend,
LORRY.
unfortunate spells" The words
rang in Darrel's brain. A clew to
their meaning was found in brief let
ter bearing, in it's upper, left-hand
corner, the card of New York physi-
clan.
You question me as to the cause and
eventual result of those recurring condi-
tions you find it so difficult to under
stand. The phenomena are sensory.
Nerves are like harp-strings: played upon
too freely by an excitement intense
as you develop, they grow suddenly
mute the melody of life dying out of
them. Again and again the music will
come creeping back, then finally fail to
whence all life comes and whittier, at the
last, it flies for all time.
This is your knowledge and your warn
ing, and If | write in unprofessional
terms | am yet sure that you will under
stand. Save yourself while there is time!
The haunting phrases of this letter
appealed to Darrell. He had a soul for
poetry and had occasionally set his
hand to verse.
Although he read and re-read the
written words for the mere pleasure
they gave him, as clew TO the "unfor-
tunate spells" they remained only
clew and nothing more.
Among the other missives were two
from a sweetheart. The heart of a
woman, laid bare in the opening
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-05-19
THE GIFTS OF YESTERYEAR.

The ice has skinned the water
In the puddles by the way,
And blooms are dead and scattered
That were glowing yesterday;
But though they're scattered under foot
Or floating through the air,
They're just as bright in memory
No frost can reach them there.
And so with joys of yesteryear,
Its Hitting songs and you,
Its scudding clouds of heecy white,
Its violets and dew,
Its woodland ways and pleasant wales,
And ev'rything that's fled,
Are pictured in fond memory
Though flown they are not dead.
Another bird than that we heard
May carol from the tree
As sweet song as that we loved,
AS glad and wild and free.
And other two may walk the ways
That we two held so dear;
But memry gives them back to us,
Those ways of yesteryear.
The new year may bring days as glad,
The birds glad carol shrill
The turquoise skies and you and l
Together on the hill;
The future may give joys to us
As great as we have known
The past did give them; and no time
May take from us our own!
j. NJ. Lewis, in Houston Post.