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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27
ODD MOON BELIEFS.
The Orb of Might as Food For the
immortal Gods.

Certain il is that a belief in the moou
as the abode of the fathers was widely
spread among the people speaking the
Aryan languages. To the pre- sent dav
the peasants in Swabia are Heard to
say, MAY | go TO the moon if | did it,
instead of May l die If | did it, Nay,
people who work on the Sabbath day
are threatening even now that they
will go to the moon-that is, that they
will die and be punished in the moon.
A more startling idea-peculiar. Il
would seem, 10 lndia-was that OF the
noon serving as the food Of the gods.
And yet, though it sounds strange to
us, ii was not so very unnatural an
idea after all. The gods, though invisi
bic, had been located in the sky In
the same sky the golden moon. often
compared TO a round of golden butter,
was seen regularly to decrease. And
If it were being consumed by anybody
by whom could it be consumed if not
by the gods? Hence the ready conclu-
sion that it was so and that it was, in
fact, this food which secured TO the
gods their immortal life.
III so much had once been granted.
then came the question. How w..s tue
moon gradually increased ana re toaea.
to It's fullness? And here the old SUI
perstition came in that the souls If the
departed entered the moon. so that the
waxing of the noon might readily be
accounted for by this more ancient ar
ticle of faith. Hence the systcmati2el
belief that the moon wanes while il is
being eaten by the gods and that ii
wake while it Is being filed by the
departed souls entering it. A last con
clusion was that the gods when feed
ing on the moon We're really feeding on
the souls of the departed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27
USE OF PERSONAL RRONouM
Why the Uncultivnted Appear Al
ways to BE Talking of Self.

All the uncultivated appear almost al
ways to be talking about themselves.
but 1t Is easy for a superficial observer
to exaggerate the extent TO which this
Is the case. For instance, If you dis
cuss with a cultivated nan q question
OF morals or the wisdom or rcctitGde Of
any particular line OF conduct, he will
tell you what he thinks right or What
he thinks wrong or what strikes him
as wise or foolish, with very little use
Of the personal pronoun. He can see
h situation FROM the OUTSIDE. But ii
you discuss it with an uneducgtcd man
he is incapable Of this detached atti-
tude of mind. The u-nelucated man can
only picture the circumstances 70 him.
self by pictuging himself in the midst
of them. What he thinks right and
wise is, no doubt, often a great deal
better and wiser than what he would
actually have done. Such and such a
thing was wrong; | should not have
done it," he says, or: "Such and such
was foolish. Now, had it been me, |
should have done SO and So" To the
sophisticated listener he gives an i'm.
preston of appalling self righteous.
ness and ever perhaps of Hypocrisy,
but the impression is a mistaken NJ
He argues in the ~vocative ease. because
1t is the one in which lie can most cas-
lily express himself.
Some people. it must be admitted, at
tract condolences from those who have
no weakness for making them. We are
not abiding to those persons who by
a method Of deft cross questioning
manage to abstract Information with
which they have no business. Such
information is not confided by its orig
inal owner. but stolen from him, or at
least wormed out of him. The people
we mean have that in their face and
bearing which makes all the world
at home with them. Whoever meets
them may know that they are incapa-
BILE of giving a smut or a rebuff to any
one who claims their sympathy, be he
never so silly. They go about the
world unarmed and unafraid and, to
give human nature It's due, unhurt. I'm
consciously, 1t is they who make the
first confidence, telling those who see
them, even for the first time, that they
are sympathetic and detached. and as
shrewd as they are MISUNDERSTANDING
Spectator.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27
TOMB OF
One of the Chief Spots of interest In
the Orient.

One of the Chief spots of Interest In
the Orient.
The city of Chufuhsien, the Mecca OF
the believers in Confucianism, is in the
province of Shangtung. one of the most
populous districts Of the orient. Here
Confucius was born, and here his
sacred bones lie buried. The tomb,
which Is located in one of the largest
cemeteries In the province, about three
miles out from the city above mention
ed, is one of the most imposing in the
whole empire.
The grave itself Is s~urInounted by an
earth mound about twelve feet in
height, the whole surrounded by a
cluster of gnarled oaks and stately cy-
tablet about six feet broad and twenty
feet high, upon which are inscribed the
names and deeds of the great founder
of Confucianism, a religion adhered to
by over 400,000,000 human beings. The
burden Of this inscription, according to
Absolutely Pure" Perfect Sage"
First Teacher" "Great Philosopher,
etc.
The N which leads up to the
philosophers tomb is even more inter
esting than the actual place of burial
itself. On each side of the avenue are
rows of figures of huge animals cut
In ~stone-lions. tigers, elephants and
horses, besides numerous mythical
creatures. such as animals half dog
and half frog, beasts with four legs
and twice as many wings, besides a
multitude Of unnamable monsters that
never lived on the earth, In the wa
ter or in the air. Taken altogether,
the burial place of Confucius is one Of
the chief spots Of interest in the OF
ent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27
strange Fate of an English Earl.

II came across a bit of treasure the
other day." writes a Washington au-
thor who is down on Cape Cod. at
is the log book Of the schooner Hera,
which sailed from Boston on a day
In the seventies. She sailed with a
new first mate on board.
He seemed an ambitious man, and
he understood navigation. The cap
tain suspected him of a desire to be
master of a vessel himself some day,
but there was little about him to sug-
gest that he was anything but a sailor.
The third day out he was caught by
the down haul Of the mizzen and went
overheard. His body was never recov-
cred. When the Hera came back from
her voyage she was met by two Eng
lishmen. They had crossed the wa
ter posthaste to find that first mate.
Somebody had died in England, and
well, the man who was lost off that
Yankee schooner was the Earl of
Aberdeen, Washington Post.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27

A negro was arrested for stealing.
He had been caught helping himself
to the contents Of the cash drawer in
the store of a Mr.. Appleton. The mag
istrate before whom the negro was
brought knew him and was much sur
prised to learn the charge against the
prisoner. Looking at the negro ear
nestly, he said: Sam, Pm sorry
see you here. Didn't you know th
no good could come from stolen MOI
ey? There's a curse on it."
well, jedge," replied the prisoner,
81 didn't know Mistah Appleton stole
dat money. l couldn't tell dat by jest
lookin' at it."-Harper's Weekly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27
Bore ON Too Heavily.

This won't go for only n stamp"
said the village postmaster to old I'm
Gle Kiah as the latter handed him a
bulky and much sealed missive.
"Whuf for? What's de maddah wild
dat?"
TOO heavy" replied the postmaster,
balancing it on his hand.
"Umph! l tole dat boy so when he
was a-writin' Of it. | tole him he was
writin' too heaby a ham, but he KEEP
on a-bearin' down an a-bearin' down
On de pen, lahk a load o. hay. I'll take
1t back, sab, an mex him write wild Il
pencil. / amt gwine spen' no mo- 2
centses Jes' fer his pigheadedness."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27
Mortgage Sale.
(sept 29-7wl

Whereas default has been made in the
payment of the principal interest on
the debt secured by mortgage, dated the
5th day of June. a. ID. 1901, between hon
rad Kopicki and Nictora kopicki, his wife
of the County of Day, State of south
dakota. n-Iortgagors and l.Case Ihresh-
ing Machine company, OF Racine, IN the
State of Wisconsin, mortgages; which
said mortgage was duly recorded in the
office If the register OF deeds tnand tor the
County of Day, Statc of Dakota, IN Book
~ of mortgages on page ~, on the 18th
day of June, y. ID. 1901, at three O'Clock
y. M.
18th day of August, 1904. duly assigned by
an instrument i'm writing 10 Gilbert ID:
Peterson of Webster, South Dakota, ana
which assignment was ON the 18th day of
the office of the register of deeds, in and
for Day county, South Dakota, in book
50 of mortgages on page. ~.
due nj the date of this notice the sum of
twelve hundred ninety-seVen dollars
(Si29D besides the further sum OF ten dol
lars $50 attOrnc ~ fees.
Now, Therefore, notice IL hereby gwen
that by virtue of the power OF sale in
~aid mortgage contained, aud the statute
la such case made and provided, said
mortgage will be foreclosed and the pre-
misses herein described. sold at public
auction, by the sheriff OF Day county.
South Dakota, at the front door OF the
court house, in the City Of Webster, in
said county and state, on the nth day OF
November, ~. ID. 1891. at the hour OF one
O'Clock i'm the afternoon of said day, TO pay
said mortgage debt, interest, and attor-
ney's fees, and other costs, allowed by
law.
The mortgaged premises are situated in
the County OF Day, State of South
Dakota, and are described as follows,
to-wit:
The east - of the s~outhwest a and the
southwest q of the southeast Il of section
1, and lot Of section II, in township l22
OF range -.
Dated this 18th day of September, A. }.
1904.
Gilbert ID. Peterson,
Assignee of Mortgage.
Franis Sears.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27
An Odd Record.

The late Miss Julia Moore, Sir John
pie, was extremely proud of her age
and lost no opportunity of showing it.
When she was asked by a friend If she
was going to see the coronation Of
King Edward VII. she answered: mo.
l have been out of London for the last
three coronations, and l don't care to
alter my record" What an exaltation
n must feel at being able to say a
thing like that.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27
Notice of Mortgage Sale.
oct. g-7w)

NONt. =ffNJ
Mortgagors, l.. r. Wynegar and Stella
Wynegar, his wife.
Nortgagee, ID. Maurice Hartsouth.
Mortgage dated July 70, 1902, recorded in
the office of the register OF deeds of Day
county South Dakota, ON the 5th day of
August. 1902, at 9:U O'Clock "a. ~, in book
% OF mortgages on page $50. Which mort
gage was assigned by an INSTRUMENT in
writing dated on the 18th day of July, 1901,
by said ID. Maurice Hartsough and Lucie
+. Il. Hartsouth, his wife, to J. F.. Martin /;
which was recorded IN the
office OF the register OF deeds IN and Tor
Day county, south Dakota, on the LIST day
of August, 1904, at 8 O'Clock a. M, in book
81 of mortgages, on page 30; winch SAID
mortgage was thereafter again assigned
by an instrument in writing dated On the
5th day of August, 1904, by J. h. Martin to
J. l.. McDonald; which assignment was
recorded in the office of the register of
deeds in and for Day county, South
Dakota, on the 18th da. of August, 1901,
at 3 o'clock a. III. in book 81 of mortgages,
on page ~, and which mortgage is now
owned by the said ]. l.. Mcdonald.
Mortgaged premises, Lot nurnbe one
~, and the quarter of the
northeast quarter, and the north half of
the northwest quarter Of section thirteen
u3l, township number one hundred
.twenty-one u2lD, range number fifty-six
49,, Day county, South Dakota. That no
proceedings have been had at law or
otherwise to collect said debt. Amount
claimed to be due on said mortgage at the
date of this notice, $l736.25. Notice is
hereby given, that default having been
made in the payment of the interest and
the sum secured by said mortgage, the
owner of said mortgage has and does
declare the principal sum and interest
thereon due as provided by said mortgage
and notice is further given that SAID
mortgage will be foreclosed by the sale OF
said premises at public auction at the
front door of the court house in the City
of Webster, Day county, South Dakota,
ON the 10th day of December, 1904, at the
hour of one o'clock y. m. of said day, t.
satisfy the amount which shall then be
due on said mortgage together with
attorneys fees and costs allowed by law
on foreclosure.
Dated at Aberdeen, South Dakota, this
END day of October, "A. D., 1904.
). l.. Mcdonald,
Assignee of Mortgagee.
Campbell * Taylor
Attorneys for Mort
gage, Aberdeen,
south Dakota.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27
ENDMEN

Proposed amendment to the contribution
of the State OF South Dakota:
4 l.. That at the next general election in
this state the following proposed amend,
mcnt to the constitution of the state OF
South Dakota which is hereby agreed to,
shall be submitted to the electors OF this
state for their approval, which amend.
nfert when approved and ratified. snail
become a part of the constitution "a Article
Twenty-uine thereof: :.
Article 20. The attorney general shall
receive the same annual salary as ~
received by the other state officers as
enumerated in Article 4, Section IL, OF this
Constitution.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27
Hard Luck.

"Just my luck!' she exclaimed.
stamping her little foot angrily.
whats the matter?" he asked.
There's a pin," she returned. point
ing to one on the floor near her foot.
"and you know the superstition. OF
course"
"'See a pin and pick 1t up, through
all the day you'll have good luck" ne
quoted.
Exactly" she said. Through all
the day. and here II is evening when
see it."-Pittsburg Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27
(oct 20-6nl)

(oct 20-6n)
State of South Dakota, L.
County of Day. U.s.
In county court.
In the matter of the estate of Jacob
Wickre, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed ~xecutr of the estate of Jacob
Wickre deceased. to the creditors of, and
all persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them, with the
vouchers. within six months
after the first publication of this notice, to
the said executrix at her residence in the
City Of Webster in the County of Day
South Dakota
Dated at Webster, South Dakota, Octo-
Der 18th, 1904.
Katrine Wickre,
Executrix Of tho estate
OF Jacob Wickre deceasd.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27

"Some scientist has declared that
there is rs much strength in three eggs
as there is in a pound Of beefsteak."
said the observer. 2
"Well," replied the actor, Il met an
egg once that would have eliminated
the other two eggs from that PROPOSE
ion."-Exchange.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27

Mrs. Bitter-I just hate that woman.
] hope she'll lose all her money, get
some disfguring Illness. be run down
by a train Rev. Goodhart--Sister, SIS
ter! We are told to pray for our enc
miles. Mrs. Bitter-well, I'm praying
for all those things Tor her.-Philadel-
phia Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27

Isfpf EnOV 1T
Sealed bids for the following
dcrcfibsd tracts OF inherited Indian lands
will be received by the United States
Indian agent at Sisseton Agency, South
Der ~, 1904:
Fact 4 southeast Y section 2s and south
west q southwest " section "a and south
west y southeastA section ~ township
i23ranRe So.
&. b. Jackson,
II. s Indian Agent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27
sweet Woman,s way.

Sweet Maid-You must remember
that ours was a summer engagement.
The Man-That means If you see n
one you like better you'll break It,
"Yes.
"And II I see any one | like better
"IlI sue you for breach Of promise"
Boston Traveller.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27

"How often,'' said the philosopher,
n man Ia reminded of his own little
ness In this great worldY"
EYES," answered Mr.. Cumrox, 'es-
pecially II he has three daughters who
have been to boarding school."-Wash-
lngton Star.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27
Sale of Indian Lands.

(aug 25-nov III
Sealed bids for the following described
tracts Of Inherited Indian lands will be
received by the United states Indian
agent at Sisseton agency, South Dakota,
up to ~ o'clock moo of November II, 1904:
Nv u section I. 4 ownship122. range 50.
Very Respectfully,
q. II. Jackson,
". S. Indian Agent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27

A travelling man found a hair in his
order Of honey at a Muscotah hotel and
complained to the landlord about II.
II can't help it." the landlord replied.
II bought 4 for combed honsy.~-Kan-
sas City Star.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27

Sealed bids for the following described
tracts of inherited Indian lands will be
by the United States indian
agent at Sisseton agency, South Dakota.
up to r. o'clock noon of October 9TH. 1901,
Sc \ NV i sec. 80, twp. 123 range SO. Sc
sec 4, twp IL range IS.
T.. Is. Jackson,
q. =. Indian Agent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27
Sale of Indian Lands.

sealed bids for the following described
tracts of Inherited Indian lands will be
received nv the United States indian
agent at Sisseton agency, south Dakota,
up to II o'clock noon Of December lst, 1904:
southeast u southwest u section 25
township l23 range 5.
e. Il. Jackson
us. Indian Agent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27

did Jones have appendicitis r
The doctors disagreed. Some thought
he had money and some thought he
hadn't"-Puek. n
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27
Thursday, October II. 1904.
ELECTION

County Of Day. f
Notice il hereby given that a general
election will be held nj the usual polling
places in the several voting precincts in
said county of Day state Of South Dakota
on Tuesday, the Sth day Of November, A.
ID. 1904, for the election Of the following
officers and 10 vote upon the ollowin
proposed amendments 10 the constitution
Of the State of South Dakota
Four Presidential Electors.
Two congressman.
One Governor,
One Lieutenant Governor.
One Secretary of State.
One State Treasurer.
One State Auditor.
One State commissioner of School and
Public Lands.
one state Superintendent of Schools.
One State Attorney General.
One Railroad Commissioner
Two State Senators for the sd Senatorial
District, consisting Of Day and Marshall
counties.
Three Members of the Legislature.
One Judge circuit court, fifth judicial
circuit
One county Treasurer.
One County Audior.
one Register of Deeds.
One Sheriff.
One States ATTORNEY.
One County superintendent of schools
One Clerk of Courts.
One Judge OF County Court,
One County Coroner.
One County Surveyor.
One County Commissioners, District
No.3.
Four County Justices of the Peace.
-Four County Conrtables.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27
AMENDMENT.

Proposed amendment to the constitution
OF the State OF south Dakota:
That Article Twenty Of the Constitution
be amended so AS TO read as follows;
Article Xxx. Section 1. The permanent
seat of of the State of South
Dakota il hereby located at the City OF
Mitchell in the County of Dawson.
2. This article shall be "sclf-executlng
aud in full force and effect from and after
Y O'Clock NJ. ON the Fifteenth day of
December, a. d., 1904.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-01
ORDER SAUSAGE STRIKE.
One Thousand Bologna Makers Are
Afected-Agains Open Shop.

The hopes Of the lovers Of bologpas that there
would be no sausage strike were dashed TO the
ground yesterday. The blow fell at a meeting of
delegates from the ls5 bologna manufacturers
shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn, which. up TO
yesterday had been controlled by the uuiou held
in the Labor Lyceum, No. 81 East Fourth-st. Only
twelve shops. employing 12o men. agreed TO renew
the agreement Of last year. which expired ysster-
day and general strike declared against al
the others,
1t will be New-Torks first sausage strike one
thousand bologna makers will be affected. and,
while the twelve firms which yielded will do a
land once business, frankfurters will be luxury
tha union says. for some tine tc come accessible
only TO those with whom money is no object
The strike Of the bologna makers is against ~
open shop policy OF the bologna manufacturers
associations OF Manhattan and Brooklyn. which
they will put into effect to-day.
ii was reported to the meeting that the Amalga-
mated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen OF
America had voted $4,000 to the strikers.
The employers that the lovers Of SauSages
need not fear that tbey VIII become a luxury.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-01
END OF 1QUEDUCT BOARD.
Effect Of Getting additional Water
SupplB from CatskiUs.

The expected conference in the Mayors Office
on George ". BirdsalTs pan for getting a new
water supply for the city from the CatskiIls al
cost Of $9oeC00G or more. did not take place YES.
terday because Commissioner Oakley Of the Depart
ment Of Water Supply. Gas ard Electricity was
kept in the Adirondacks By tho illness OF his wife
Deputy Commissioner Goodwin and Mr. Birdsan
went 10 the Mayors office when the Mayor was
absent. say that Mr.. oakley might be able TO
come to the city for several days. and the con-
ference postponed
Mayor Mcclellan said later that he not in a
position 20 discuss the plan, but he cOurted
full discussion of it, because he convinced that
the city would soon need ar additional supply Of
water. He declared he wanted 10 lee informed thor
oughly on the subject in advance Of any action
A. J. De Berard. Of tho Merchants .saocIition
said yesterday that AR Birdsalls assertiG that he
had made reports and investigations on which were
based the suggestions OF the commission appointed
BY Mayor Low peculiar. in view OF the admis-
sion made by Commissioner Dalton IN 1882 that his
report based information furnished by engi-
peers o; the Ramapo company. The proposition to
leave out the watersheds !a Duchess and Columbia
counties and take the additional supply from the
Catskills. Mr.. De Berard said blow at the
Aqueduct Commission. since the commission will
expire by law on the completion of the additions To
the Croton system which are now under way.
1t apparently is the hope of the Aqueduct Com
mission" he said, Ito ?erpetuate itself by having
new extensions OF the Croton system begun before
the completion OF the new Croton Dam and the
Jerome Park Reservoir. The report for an addi-
tional supply from the Catskils VIII stir up the
people Interested in mills In three four counties
Of the State to oppose the plan. and If the city
does not make move TO file plans for the acquire
ent of the Catskills watersheds before the Iegis-
lature meets again. there probably will be leGisla-
tion to keep the city from condemning any OF the
water rights in those counties.
My belief is that the present agitation will re-
suit in the passage of legislation which will take
the question OF acquiring additional water rights
OF the hands OF the Aqueduct Commission and
Of the city officials and place it in the hands of
State commission. Such action probably will be
taken ia view Of the feeling that the rights Of the
counties must be protected against the citys neces-
stiles, because the city make no adequate pay
ment for damages where whole towns arid their in
dustries wiped out by taking away the water
which furnishes power for those industries"