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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
The Song of the Sea.

oh. the song of the sea.
The wonderful song of the sea!
Like the far-off hum of a ~throbbing drum
1t steals through the night to me;
And my fancy wanders free
To q little seaport town,
And a spot / knew, where the roses grew,
BY a cottage small and brown
n q child strayed up and down
Ger hillock and beach and lea,
And crept at DARK to his bed. to bark
To the wonderful song of the sea.
Oh. the song of the sea.
The mystical song of the seal
What strains of JOY to a dreaming boy
music was wont to be!
And the night wind through the tree
Was a perfumed breath that told
OF the spicy gales that filled the sails
Where the tropic pillows rolled,
And the rovers hid their gold
BY the lone palm on the key
gave
In the mystical song of the sea.
Oh. the song Of the sea.
The beautiful song of the sea.
The mighty note from the oceans throat.
The laugh of the wind in glee!
And. swift as the ripples flee
With the surges down the shore,
1t bear me back. Ger LIES long track,
To home and it's love once more;
l stand at the open door,
Dear mother, again. with thee.
And hear afar III the booming bar
The beautiful song of the sea.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
Smile Did Not Fit,

Mr.. James Brock Perkins OF New
York and Mr.. Henry Allen Cooper OF
Wisconsin, became involved in a re
cent spirited House debate about
the docking of horses tails In the Dis.
trict of Columbia. say the Washing
ton Post. Mr.. Perkins ridiculed the
proposed legislation. Mr.. Cooper
championed it. There were agrees.
sive exchanges.
What good purpose does the dock.
ing serve?" Mr.. Cooper finally asked
in a tone of voice which seemed to
indicate a belief that the question
could not be satisfactorily answered.
why" retorted Mr.. Perkins, with
an air of Impotence at his friends at
titude, lit improves their appearance"
Then he paused a moment before
adding: Just as the gentleman from
Wisconsin cuts his hair"
Now, Mr.. Cooper has a bald head,
and at that kind of a retort the House
went into commissions Of laughter,
which drowned the assertion of the
Wisconsin member that he didn't seek
in any such manner to improve his
personal appearance.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
katayama Studied at Iowa COLLEGE.

Japan's distinguished sociologist,
Sen Joseph katayama, laid the foun-
dalton for his great labors in behalf
Of humanity in Iowa and imbibed the
first principles Of altruistic social
views at the feet of Prof. Parker at
Iowa College, at Grinnell. When the
young Japanese left Iowa College as
a graduate with the class of '92 his
friends and associates expected much
of him, for he had shown himself the
possessor of an unusual mind and of
a notable aggressiveness and optim-
ism.
Sen Joseph Katayama is now at the
head of the most noted social settle
ment in Japan, Kingsley Hall. Toxic,
which he founded: and he is recog-
nized as one of the leading sociologi-
cal workers of the world.
This noted Japanese has had an in
teresting career that reads much like
a romance. He was born of a peasant
family in Japan and his education
was obtained through his own efforts,
against almost overwhelming odds.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
ARMY TRIALS.
An Infantrym

An l~ntantryman's Long Siege.
This soldiers tale of food is inter.
estin2.
During his term of service in 18th
Infantry in Cuba and Philippines, an
Ohio soldier boy contracted a disease
of the stomach n bowels which all
army doctors who treated him pro-
nounced incurable. but which Grape.
Nuts food alone cured.
I'm October, 1899, when my enlist.
ment expired, l was discharged from
the army at Calulute, Philippines, and
returned to the States on the first
available steamer that left Manila
When I got home I was a total wreck
physically and my doctor put me to
bed saying he considered me the worst
~broken-down man OF my age he eve
saw, and after treating me 6 months
he considered my case beyond medical
aid
During the fall and winter Of 1900
and OF | was admitted to the Barnes
Hospital In Washington, D. c., for
treatment for chronic Inflammation OF
the stomach and bowels. but after S
months returned home as bad as ever
81 continued taking medicine until
February, 1902, when reading a news
paper one day I read about Grape-Nuts
and was SO impressed I sem out for .
package right away.
'The result is quickly told for ]
have used Grape-Nuts continually ever
since with the best results, my health
is so I can do a fair days hard worn,
stomach and bowels are in good con
dition, have gained 40 pounds In
weight and I feel like a new man alto
gether.
II owe my present good health to
Grape-Nuts beyond all doubt for medt
cal science was exhausted" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek.
Mich.
Had he consulted any n of sev.
eral thousand physicians we know OF
they would have prescribed Grape
Nuts Immediately .
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book, "Ths Road 70 Wellvills."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
Famous Cornwall "Pasty."

A proverb current in Cornwall says
that the devil has never ventured to
show his face in that portion of Eng
land lest the Cornish housewife
should pop him into a pasty.
The saying speaks we'll for the spiel
ness of the famous dish, as we'll as
for the thriftiness of the matron in
turning unpromising materials to
account. For just as Devonshire is
famous for it's "cream,' SO the proud
boast of Cornwall is Cornish pasty.
Many things go to make up its
savoriness which an uninventive cook
would never cream Of employing.
Leeks, onions. sage and parsnips fig
ure largely. while potatoes and turnips
provide the bulk OF the feast. To
flavor it successfully requires the
most intimate and accurate knowledge
OF the value of homely herbs.
Thyme, mint and parsley are three
powerful allies Of the Cornish cook.
The hedgerows, too. are made to yield
their share. and many a weed is press
ed into the service.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
ACTIVE WHISTLE OF ITHACA.
{ Tells the People When to Get Up,
to Go to Work, to Bed, to Meals.

"S'"S " OSOy 10 MSatS.
In Ithaca they whistle for it. The
whistle on the W pumping station
blows at 8, IL, / and 5 o'clock to an.
bounce the municipal working day of
eight hours. At IL o'clock the weather
report is blown to the four winds by
OF blasts and shrieks and toots.
and when there are special reports
announcing cold waves or snowstorms
these are whistled without delay SO
that he who listens may learn.
At 1890 there Is a warning blast,
At which every one pulls out his W. oh
ana gets the standard Eastern tie
fresh from the pipe. And then at s
O'Clock In the evening there is just
one long blast, which that
curfew will not ring tonight, but that
years must scurry for home and
every boy and girl under sixteen
mother or be caught by one Of the
five regular poIcemen, or perhaps a
special, who is watching out for the
well being Of the rising generation.
Furthermore there is a siren whistle
which screeches tor fire and flood. 1t
| gives the number of the box. and if it
is a flood that is going to waste with
out a crowd to watch it, eight short
blasts follow the announcement Of the
box number.-Elmira Advertiser.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
THE MAN OF BEAUTY
NOT DESIRABLE AS EITHER HUS.
BAND OR BROTHER.
Woman Writer Points Out His Num-
erous Shortcomings-At That, He
Compares Very Favorabiy With the
Beauty Of Fifty Years Ago.

The handsome man is a mistake,
according to an aggrieved person who
feels herself qualified to speak out in
meeting on this subject. She has
been investigating him in various
roles and declares that as a lover he
IS unsatisfactory, as a husband a fail
ure and as a brother a nuisance. The
iancee OF a good-looking man has to
pay dearly for her capture of an
Adon1s. She lives IN a state of per-
petual siege against a host OF fair
rivals, and has to run the gauntlet of
such remarks as: Il wonder what
that handsome Mr.. Jones can Gee in
that Enid Smith," and Isn't it funny
how good looking men always marry
such plain wives?"
Her troubles are all augmented
when n becomes a young matron.
She has to s~toically endure her hus-
bands f%1irtations with other
who will flatter him if she will not
and to smile amiably when Mrs. Rob
lnson praises Jack and Muriel: "'such
pretty children: SO like their father!"
Last, but not least, she must skimp
her wardrobe, while her attractive
husband spends on his ties and socks
what the ugly man would have con-
centrated cheerfully on his .wife's fur
coat, says the Philadelphia Inquirer.
AS a brother the handsome man is
certainly not an unmixed BLESSING.
From the first moment he opens his
'hnQ1IfjfnI' nCnC hn 10 fhn {1Ny ~ -
adoring mother, who displays to his
moral shortcomings a more than bee
tle-like obtuseness. AS he grows older
she palliates his love for pleasure and
his Discrimination for work by the
excuse: Jack is SO g~ood-looking he
is sure to marry an heiress if he goes
into society"
The sister of the handsome man is
only asked TO parties where the host
ess dare not ask him without her, and
h is ordered to be civil to all sorts
OF people. who detest her. but admire
Jack Then the handsome brother
is generally a woman's man, which
ear that Jack will not bring men
friends home to smoke and play ping
pOHS anu ldll Ill owe WIN MS sister.
II the modern girl could have her
choice in such a matter she would
plump unreservedly for a plain, good
natured, ordinary brother, who would
c~ontentedly accept the back seal allot-
ed by the twentieth century women to
the "mere man
Troublesome though the handsome
brother undoubtedly is, it is probable
that, in spite OF all her protestations,
her royal highness, woman. will con-
tinue to admire and marry him. The
handsome man Of to-day certainly
compares favorably with the pretty
man of fifty ear ago. That popular
hero was narrow-chested, puny and
pinlk-and-white, while black whiskers
inevitably adorned" his thin cheeks.
To-day the handsome man is stall
wart, well set up, and muscular. for
mere beauty of feature will count for
very little. He may not be industri-
Gus, but he is wise enough to play
football and golf. and is. by the way,
almost as conceited of his prowess in
these directions as of his classic nose
and chin and beautiful" eyes.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
His Nerve Got Him the Job.

A woman living in the vicinity OF
Thirteenth and Wallace streets yes
terday who was nearly made frantic
by tho snow shovelers hung a sign on
the door:
ITO snow shovelers: If o have
any consideration for a woman's
shattered nerves. please don't ring
the bell. When I want the pavement
cleaned my husband will do it,"
Soon after the sign was placed the
bell rang fuTiously. On going to the
door the woman vas amazed to see
a man there with a shovel.
Cant you read that sign?" the
woman exclaimed.
Not without my glasses was the
rejoinder. Il did read in the papers
that people who didn't have their
pavement cleaned would be fined SIS
and COSTS"
Tie fellow got the job.-Philadel-
phia Press.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
Affinity Of Meteorites for Mountains.

cttSItSy VI WtCACOUI@SS WI NsOObIt0lItos
A total of 634 meteorites was known
up to 1903. of which there were 1872
irons and only "a stones in the west.
ern hemisphere, and 299 stones and
only 70 irons in the eastern hemi-
sphere. The records show only the
fall of $50 of these m%eteorites, dating
back to the fifteenth century. Prof.
Berwerth of Vienna, despite this small
number of known specimens, calcu-
lates that 900 meteorites must fall
to the earth each year, not counting
shooting stars that disappear in the
atmosphere, and that SIS of these at
least should come under observation.
Prof. Berwerth finds that meteori.es
have been chiefly recorded in civil.
lied countries, but that in many in.
stances they are more numerous IN
thinly settled districts, and that they
have an especial affinity for mountain
Gus areas.-Philadelphia Record.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
THE PAY OF THE HANGMAN.
When Jack ketch Complained Of His
Small! Salary.

When Jack ketch Complained Of His
Small! Salary.
The many executions taking place
these days would give the lie to the
story, had it not already been con.
tradicted, that the hangman suffers
poverty. But the court Of aldermen
really does possess the record of an
appeal for increase of the hangman's
salary. Jack Ketch wrote that, as
ex%ecutioner, he could not get other
employment; that he had to keep an
assistant, but that hangings were so
rare as to make it impossible for him
to live. He must have compared his
own lot with that Of the French hang
mar in the palmy days Of that official
before the guillotine killed his pro.
fession. "The post is sacred here"
wrote a diarist in Paris, and ap-
prOaches the noblesse in the right OF
using a sword, and the priesthood in
being prescribed entry at all spec.
tacles but that OF the profession. Ii
blood unsullied can ennoble, then |
know OF none so pure, for a French
hangman. can marry non but a
French hangman's daughter" Far
different was it with the Ketches of
old time, as the following record
shows: "Executioner's fees. Is. Cd;
stripping the body, As. 3d.: use Of
shell. 2s. 6d."-St. James Gazette.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
Don't Wash Your Coffee Pot.

1t may shock tidy housekeepers to
hear it, but the poor coffee one gets
in the average household is due large.
ly to the washing of the pot. 1t is
plunged in with other pots, in all but
exceptional cases. and washed with the
common dishcloth. "A coffee pot"
says a cook where coffee is famous,
should never be washed. 1t should
be filed with cold water and left to
stand for a few minutes after using.
Then it should be brushed out careful.
ly with a l~ong-handled brush, scalded
with hot water and left to dry with the
lid open till it is to be used again.
Coffee made carefully in a pot so treat.
ed becomes a nectar fit for the gods"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
WHY WHITNEY WAS POPULAR
Always the Embodiment Of chlvetry
and Courteav.

One OF the admirable traits Of VIZ.
liam C. Whitney was his habitral def
erence to women. Talk turned upon
this at the Union League Club last
night. He was a gentleman to the
core remarked a prominent member
"Once he told me he found it actually
difficult to keep his hat on when con-
versing with a on the side
walk. even in winter, and yet more so
to remain seated when a woman ser.
want entered a room where he hap
pened to be. 1T was instructive gal
lantry-the old-fashioned courtliness.
the chivalry whose decadence Burke
d%eplored."
Mr.. Stillman recalled that one of
Whitney's favorite quotations wa. La
marines reply to the woman who
asked him TO guess her age: Your
age. mademoiselle? Whatever it is,
you don't look it."
By another the point was made that
his unfailing buoyancy of spirits was
largely due to his determination not to
become an old fogy. His advice to the
men of fifty and beyond was in theis
vein: Watch the men Of thirty.
You'll have to wrench your neck some
times. but it pays"
Rather a curious, but by no means
forced. anology vas drawn between
Mr.. Whitney and Lord Rosebery by an
Anglo-American financier who has
M among his initials. The resem.
blance was in respect of social tact.
administrative gifts. taste in the arts,
sedate opulence of domestic surround
ings, devotion to family duties, and
zeal for the improvement Of turf
standards. Whitney" said Mr.. m"
"was a democratic a%ristocrat, and
never so truly as in the paddock. He
was always the exponent of the doc.
trines hat on the turf and under it
all men are equal."-New York Mail
and Express.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
ROYAL REVENGE,

ALAS, yorr majesty" said her faith.
full retainer, with a low o~beissance.
the American senate again refuses to
grant your just claims!"
Ex-queen Liliuokalani turned pale
relatively pale-but retained her self.
possession.
Then" she said. with a steeiy gilt
ter in her y and with a tremor OF
concentrated wrath in her voice. Il
shall write another book.'-Chicago
Tribune.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15

Doan's Kidney Pills. Read how these
pills repair a weakened physical on
dition when this condition Is caused
by sick kidneys:
Mrs. Sadie Mettles of 1874 w. 4th
Aver Columbus. Ohio, says: Prior to
the year 1898 I suffered considerably
from backache, pain in the head, Ian
guor and depression and weakness Of
the action of the kidneys. The pain
was always worse in the morning, and
| 1elt miserable. l was induced to
procure a box OF Doan's Kidney Pills
and began their use. They proved
prompt and effective. They cured mo
and there has been no return of the
trouble since taking them. W all
the credit to Doan's Kidney Pills"
A FREE TRIAL OF this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mrs. Met
ties will be mailed on application to
any part Of the United States. Ad-
dress Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y. For sale by all druggists, price so
cents per box.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
Africa's Iron Ore.

In addition to the gold and diamond
mines of Africa. iron promises to be
an important industry, as the first
blast furnace has just been erected
near Pretoria. on the line of the rail
way. and is located in the center OF
iron deposits and in close proximity
to coal supplies. The furnace, which
will have a weekly capacity of 500
tons of pig iron, is to be followed by
rolling mills and a steel converting
nlant. The ore is of the hematite and
magnetic variety. and runs So to 62
per cent Of metallic iron. A survey
above ground and prosecuting indi.
cate that there are some $4,000, 900
tons Of iron in sight.-Harper's Week.
"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
Quite a Difference.

The Earl Of Antrim who recently
celebrated his fifty-third birthday, is
a resident Irish landlord and one who
looks as closely to his affairs as
does Lord Leicester. An aristocratic
acquaintance complaiLed to him one
day that he had seen him (Lord
Antrim) driving three COWS along a
road, which he thought was an office
derogatory to one of his rank, etc.
You are under a misapprehension."
replied the lord OIL Glenarm Castle: ut
was o three cows you saw me driv.
ing. but two COWS and q bull"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
Rest.

They are at rest:
We may not stir the heaven Of theis
BY rude invoking voice or prayer ad.
drest
In waywardness to those
who in the grots Of Eden lie
And heal the fourfold river as 1t muir.
murs by.
They hear It sweep
In distance down the dark and savaN
vale:
Eut they at rocky bed, or current deep,
Shall never more grow pale.
They hear. and meekly muse as fain Il
How long untired. unspent. tina giant
stream shall flow.
And soothing sounds
Blend with the neighboring waters ~
they glide:
Posted along the haunted gardens
bounds,
Angelic forms abide,
Echoing. as words Of watch. DER Lawn
and grove
The verses Of that hymn which seraphs
chant above
John Henry Newman.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
CHAPTER TX.

yield. you Christian dog! Become
: Moslem, or. by Allah, you die!
Look out there and see the end of
those who have refused to bow to Is
lam q yield to the power Of the
Khalifa!"
Paul Cleland staggered feebly to the
door Of the miserable hut, In whose
black and filthy depths he had spent
the last few days, and looked out on
the cen pointed out to him by his
grim gaoler. It was n that might
make the boldest shudder.
It was Metemmeh-the corpse OF q
town. The mud houses were mere
shells-broken beams, tattered cur
tains luttering In the breeze, shat
tered roofs, through which the rain
poured. Facing Cleland and his guar
dian stood q strange construction of
woOd-two upright posts with a cross
bar between. Below lay some brown
palm-fbre rope. and mixed with II a
decaying mass Of human bones.
For what Cleland was looking upon
VA ! gallows.
He was weak-almost too weak to
walk. For three months Of starva-
ton. torture. suspense-three months
passed In dark and loathsome huts.
black a. the mouth Of . pit. close and
foul as the black hole OF Calcutta,
with hardly any water to drink. and
only the loathsome food offered him
are suficient to reduce any man to the
lowest ebb. Sometimes Cleland almost
prayed for death; then, again. the
love " life. commo to every human
being. came back to him with full
force, and he told himself that while
there was life there was hope-hope
Of rescue or Of escape.
How often In those days and nights
Of misery and physical suffering did
the memory Of Margaret's pale. sweet
face come to comfort and to strength
on him!
He turned now to his gaoler-no
other than Osman Axrak himself
altar his frst Involuntary shudder and
shook his head.
'IThave already given you my NM
swer. and that scores Of times. Ishall
not rsnouncs my faith to escape
Asathl. 81
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
TheAutomobile in Electric Storms.

Some discussion has been going on
in regard to the dangers of driving an
automobile in a thunder storm. The
vehicle containing so much metal, it
has been considered that it would be
particularly liable to be struck by
lightning, and some persons contend
that rapid motion would increase this
danger. On the other hand. the rub
Der tires insulate the automobile from
the earth as long as they remain dry.
The question seems to call for a very
nice balancing of probabilities,-H P.
Burcell in Leslie's Weekly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
Hurt Worse.

Sympathizer-Rejected you with
scorn, did she? Told you she wouldn't
marry you il you were the last man
on earth?"
Forlorn Youth-No; l could have
borne that. What she did say was
that if | were the last man on earth
she might possibly marry me, but she
could imagine no other consideration
that would induce her to do it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
Some Taste.

MANDY, dye rec'lect how Henry
Virgins used to play marbles all the
time when he was a little feller?"
Goodness. yes"
well he hain't got over his hank.
erin after 'em yit: this piece in the
paper bout milllonaires' houses says
he has one Of the finest elections OF
Italian marbles in the hull world
Brooklyn Life.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
Imitation Fame.

My search for Fame (the youth thus
spake)
Has been in lines sensational,
And yet, whatever course / take,
Success has been probationai.
For Fame does not at all times lie,
I've found. In mere publicity:
Nor Is Success for all who try
Some form OF eccentricity.
Ny search for Fame (the youth 20 said)
Has given me safety. =
For those who search I soe misled
BY foolish Notoriety.
Brooklyn Eaglol
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
N BREAK DOWN.

Sometimes o .
drift into . condition
OF half invalid" Con
tinual g r. all
tired out. run down.
backache. nerves shat.
tered. headache, terri
BILE pain. no appetite.
poor digestion. In nine
cases out of ten It's be-
cause the Kidneys fail
to do their work of
hltering the poisonous
system waste from the
blood. The kidneys
are weak and need tho
strengthening help Of
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-15
London CLEARING House,

Exchanges ut the London Bankers
Clearing house from Jan. l to the
latest date at hand were $7.019. 245. 900,
. decrease OF $172. 800. 000. or - per
cent from Inst zeal.